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A federal judge this week canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in pursuing a human smuggling case against him.

Abrego Garcia has become a centerpiece of the debate over immigration after the Trump administration deported him in March to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Facing mounting public pressure and a court order, the Trump administration brought him back to the U.S. in June, but only after issuing an arrest warrant on human smuggling charges in Tennessee.

Abrego Garcia has denied the allegations, and argued that prosecutors are vindictively and selectively targeting him. Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. wrote in Tuesday’s order that Abrego Garcia had enough evidence to hold a hearing on the topic, which Crenshaw scheduled for Jan. 28.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 65 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Just a reminder, the Trump regime can deport Abrego Garcia tomorrow but it refuses to. He has agreed to go to Costa Rica and they have agreed to take him. The reason they don't is because they'd prefer to send him to some African country where he has no connection simply to be cruel to a man who has embarrassed them.

Vindictive prosecution is harder to prove than innocence through insanity but the Trump regime has delivered it to Abrego Garcia on a platter.

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 8 points 3 months ago

Yep, the eagles covered this last week. It's fucking ridiculous. But that described where were at.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

to a man who has embarrassed them.

Seems to me they're doing all the embarrassing to themselves.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Their incapable of seeing it that way

[–] ProfessorScience@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

But first they have to finish the hearing on whether water is wet.

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah I see they are setting a hearing on whether or not a person maybe getting targeted, so they can have a discussion on the grounds of it being vindictive, so a trial can be assembled to determine the obvious is infact obvious.

All of that to determine that yes, the thing that is being done out in the open, is the thing we all know it to be.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 4 points 3 months ago

In the legal world, this is called a slam dunk. Normally, with something this obvious, there's a settlement out of court because it hurts less. There may be some reasons this cant happen in this case, given one of the parties is one flavor or other of government, but it won't happen because of who's doing it.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

LOL, of course he is. This is the administration that is clutching their pearls over this guy being called a "Maryland man" in the already way-too-overly-compliant corporate media.

They want to control the language everyone uses, including over things like this, all the way down to individuals. And this whole thing has embarrassed the shit out of them, and they cannot (yet) control all language and messaging around this, so they are trying to be as cruel as possible to him.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If they do prosecute him, they should prosecute Greg Abbott and all the bus companies that aided him in trafficking migrants across the country too.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 8 points 3 months ago

Greggy moved a whole lot more people, and the evidence is more extensive.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Should be a slam dunk.

[–] nostrauxendar@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Uhhhhh let me think for literally one millisecond here...

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I hope he makes a billion selling his story to Netflix when this is all over.