[itishappy]

Got a source on El Salvador's position? The article states the MS-13 claims come from the US and are unsubstantiated:

> The allegations about his affiliation with MS-13 stem from a 2019 arrest outside a Maryland Home Depot store, where he and other young men were looking for work, according to the complaint.

They also claim he had legal protections from being deported specifically to El Salvador:

> An immigration judge denied Abrego Garcia’s asylum request in October 2019 but granted him protection from being deported back to El Salvador.

> In its court filing on Monday, the Trump administration said ICE “was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador,” but still deported Abrego Garcia “because of an administrative error.”

This is the part that concerns the US. Also the part where this is all being paid for by American tax dollars.

[rayiner]

Yes, the “administrative error” relates to the narrow point about the supposed “protection from deportation.” He was ordered deported for gang ties, upheld after an administrative appeal. And his asylum claim was denied. The article omits the information about the immigration judge and Board of Immigration Appeals finding that he was deportable for being an MS13 member, making it seem like the “administrative error” was about that.

There is no legitimate reason for any El Salvadoran citizen to receive asylum in the U.S. The country is now safer than Canada. If this guy thinks he is being unlawfully detained, he can avail himself of the legal procedures of his own country.

[itishappy]

> Yes, the “administrative error” relates to the narrow point about the supposed “protection from deportation.”

He was not granted protection from deportation, he was granted protection from being deported to El Salvador. The administrative error is that he was indeed deported to El Salvador. If he was deported elsewhere this wouldn't be an issue:

> Abrego Garcia’s lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, said U.S. government lawyers had multiple opportunities to try legally to deport him, including appealing the judge’s 2019 decision or deporting him elsewhere.

> The article omits the information about the immigration judge and Board of Immigration Appeals finding that he was deportable for being an MS13 member, making it seem like the “administrative error” was about that.

It is my understanding that he had not been convicted of anything and that the administration immediately backpedaled on the claim. Do you have contradictory source?

> There is no legitimate reason for any El Salvadoran citizen to receive asylum in the U.S. The country is now safer than Canada. If this guy thinks he is being unlawfully detained, he can avail himself of the legal procedures of his own country.

I don't see how this is relevant at all, nobody was claiming he had asylum here. Again, the problem is not that he was deported, the problem is that the US government violated a US court order.

[rayiner]

There was no “US Court order.”

This is exactly what I was complaining about when I said the article omits key information. Here is a better one: https://www.wmar2news.com/infocus/family-of-alleged-gang-mem...

He went before an immigration judge (which is not a real judge, but rather an employee of the DOJ) who determined that he was deportable due to gang ties. He then appealed to the Board of Immigration appeals, which is not a real court but an agency within the DOJ. The BIA affirmed the immigration judge.

He wasn’t eligible for asylum, so the immigration judge said he could be deported anywhere but El Salvador. There was no violation of a “court order,” just a mix-up within the executive branch about where an illegal alien could be deported to.

[itishappy]

Ah, hence "administrative error." That doesn't really change my view or inspire any confidence, but it does clear a lot up about the language. Thanks!

[Freak_NL]

He is not a citizen of El Salvador, he is Venezuelan. The sole reason he was classed as a member of that criminal organisation are his crown tattoos, and 'secret inside information'.

The Guardian article gives some more background, and explains these (catholic) tattoos:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/its-a-tradit...

(Hint: there are legitimate reasons for receiving asylum in the US as well.)

[rayiner]

That’s a different guy.