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submitted 4 days ago by buh@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/an-administrative-error-sends-a-man-to-a-salvadoran-prison/682254/

But in Monday’s court filing, attorneys for the government admitted that the Salvadoran man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, had been deported accidentally. “Although ICE was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia was removed to El Salvador because of an administrative error,” the government told the court. Trump lawyers said the court has no ability to bring Abrego Garcia back now that he is in Salvadoran custody.

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[-] Xenomorph@hexbear.net 32 points 4 days ago

oopsie we just sent your husband to the mega prison in south america, honest mistake.

[-] Llituro@hexbear.net 30 points 4 days ago

"so we sold one citizen into slavery in central america"

doomjak

[-] CeliacMcCarthy@hexbear.net 21 points 4 days ago

the crimes of this guilty land etc

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 20 points 4 days ago

“Tee-hee! OOPSIE DAISY!”

Why do I get the feeling this wasn’t an ‘accident’ and they were hoping no one would notice?

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

I think it's also a test to see if the courts or institutions can create any consequences for the homeland enforcement arm disappearing anyone, including those with clear legal status and protections.

because at a certain point, possibly already behind us, they can just target and vanish anyone they don't like into the El Salvadorian concentration camp and claim nothing can be done to recover them after the handover. just toss the documents in the burn bag, claim whatever they want, put a hood on them, and put em on a plane.

its a step beyond camp x-ray where the incarcerated had no legal status but did exist in US custody, and the US eventually had to produce them for the courts (like Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was eventually released).

honestly if they pull this off without any consequences after creating the option so quickly, it's some real Operation Condor type boomerang shit, and the sky is the limit on political disappearances.

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, you’re probably right: real testing the waters shit.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 days ago

It's wild that there's nothing from the court about it

[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

This shit will be the indictment of the future Democrat government (if there is one). They'll get in with the smug "the adults are back in charge" rhetoric and perhaps an equally strong mandate as they had in 2020, only to shrug and sigh when people ask for their friends and family back from the Salvadoran concentration camps.

[-] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

The main plot point in the movie "Brazil."

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