US says it needs more time to plan return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison
US says it needs more time to plan return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison
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'Extremely troubling' that US can't provide details on mistakenly deported man, judge says
The U.S. government attorney also struggled to provide any information about the exact whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite Thursday’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that the Trump administration must bring him back.
“Where is he and under whose authority?” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis asked in a Maryland courtroom.
“I’m not asking for state secrets,” she said. “All I know is that he’s not here. The government was prohibited from sending him to El Salvador, and now I’m asking a very simple question: where is he?”
I'm betting they won't be able to get him because he's already dead and they know it but don't want to admit it.
Saw somebody suggest this last night and it seems like a very real possibility. Why else would they stall on returning him? It's not like him telling everyone his experience will make the administration care about the terrible conditions there. Those conditions are the point.
It's possible that people get thrown into that prison without tracking who or where they are once they get in.
Yeah, tbh, they're trying to say these are all life sentences. It got me thinking: if El Salvador believes the US will never ask for the prisoners back, what's their incentive not to just kill these people and take the whole check to the bank? I know this guy in particular was seeking refuge from El Salvadorian gangs in the US, so there's a special incentive for him to end up dead, but I really don't see why they wouldn't just kill all the US prisoners if they really believe that the US will never ask for them back AND wants them in jail for life AND aren't demanding some kind of tracking. There's literally no reason at all not to just kill em and keep cashing the checks. If anyone comes knocking just say "oh shit, I guess they got away" or "we must have transferred them and lost the paperwork, sorry"