Comment by potato3732842
8 months ago
He's an illegal who had a credible (like actually credible, like you could pitch it to someone in the year 2002, not the flimsy 2020s BS) claim for asylum but didn't file in time. He was eventually caught up in the system for reasons not related to the commission of any crime. ICE looked at his case, and gave him a "we won't deport you because your case is pending" status.
> He's an illegal ...
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This is false. He has no legal status [1]. He could be removed, just not to El Salvador. That does not give him legal status or make him a resident.
[1]: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abrego-garcia-and-ms-13...
Interesting. More details about that status can be found here https://immigrationequality.org/asylum/asylum-manual/immigra...
I've heard the legal status mentioned by an online-person-who-should-know-better. I'll let them know.
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I don't disagree, but I bet ICE doesn't see it that way. I mean why else would someone who's been granted a legal status pending his case wind up on their list of people to roll up on.
Citation for this: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abrego-garcia-and-ms-13...
And that does make the deportation erroneous, that does not make him innocent.