From ABC News,
Trump administration seeks to move ahead with removing Abrego Garcia to Liberia.
You will recall the long saga of our Maryland Man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, of El Salvador. ABC reports,
The Trump administration is moving forward with its plan to swiftly remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia as soon as a court allows.
In a series of filings on Friday, administration officials asked a judge to dissolve a preliminary injunction that bars them from re-detaining Abrego Garcia and deporting him.
The one thing that I can assure you is that nothing will be “swift” about this process.
Although Abrego Garcia has said he’s willing to be sent to Costa Rica, Acting Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons said in a memo filed in court that he has “decided to disregard” that request and intends to send him to Liberia if Abrego Garcia is ordered removed from the U.S.
At one point, Abrego had been offered deportation in Costa Rica in exchange for a guilty plea in his still pending human smuggling case. He turned down the quid, buy still wants to get the pro quo for free. It doesn’t work that way.
So far, district judges have ruled in Abrego’s favor, based on nothing more than his preference to not be deported.
ABC quotes from the government brief,
Any attempt by this Court to permanently enjoin the government from exercising its authority to remove the Petitioner from this country is in direct contradiction to established judicial norms, and a clear error of law.
Since when has the law made any difference?
