What happened during the LA raid just this week is shameful. No one-year-old, regardless of immigration status, should have to see their parent be taken by masked and heavily armed agents, only to then be snatched away under the guise of "public safety." This isn't about safety. It's about control.

Either Noem is shamelessly lying, giving Orwell a run for his money, or…the head of DHS has no clue what’s happening in the very department she’s supposed to be leading. My money is on doublethink.

We must ask ourselves, should the government be allowed to claim, without proof, that someone they don’t like is a gang member, and then be able to deport them to a prison known for torturous conditions and abuse, without due process? What’s to stop them from doing the same to any one of us? (10/10)

And we cannot ignore what looking the other way means for our right to be protected from arbitrary arrests and detention without a fair opportunity to be heard. What about this Administration’s actions thus far inspire confidence in their unsupported claims about gang membership? (9/10)

We cannot ignore the impact this will have on Mr. Abrego Garcia, his US citizen 5-year-old son, and his US citizen wife. There’s a real possibility that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s son will never see his dad again. (8/10)

Let’s assume this was an “error”—next step is to try to fix this mistake and bring him back, right? Wrong, says the government. In fact, they’re not only refusing to bring him back voluntarily but have argued that the district court can’t order them to do so. (7/10)

The government’s OWN lawyers admitted that DHS was aware of Mr. Abrego Garcia’s protection BEFORE he was deported. Despite that, they simultaneously maintain that his removal was “an administrative error,” “an oversight,” and “was carried out in good faith.” Oof--try making sense of that. (6/10)

Instead, while Mr. Abrego Garcia’s protection from removal was still in effect, ICE arrested him, transferred him to a staging area for flights to El Salvador, added his name to the flight manifest, and deported him to a Salvadoran prison. (5/10)

Importantly, when ICE decides that someone granted withholding should be deported, the law requires them to request to reopen proceedings. ICE didn’t do that—why? My wild guess—no evidence. (4/10)

Although withholding doesn’t provide a path to “green” card status, it DOES provide protection from removal. When the judge granted relief, ICE could have appealed but chose not to. (3/10)

Mr. Abrego Garcia was granted withholding of removal in 2019 because an immigration judge determined that he would more likely than not be persecuted on account of a protected ground if returned to El Salvador. (2/10)