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What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness; but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another.” ... This is not a time of euphoria, certainly not a time to gloat.”
It’s Robert F. Kennedy after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination ... It’s George H.W. Bush after lightning victory in the Gulf War
He would repeat the truth again and again — that he was not in a gang,
Vasquez Sura stated in court documents
People who are enemies of the United States don't have the same level [of] due process [as in] the normal process,
Homan said
ICE is the principal arbiter" in weighing whether such factors warrant deportation
Homan saidPeople keep saying they have no criminal history,
he addedThis has been a nightmare for my family,
Vasquez Sura wrote in her affidavit
In a blink of an eye, our three children lost their father and I lost the love of my life,
she saidKilmar continued to be the supportive, loving, reliable, and law-abiding man I know and love. He was never arrested or accused of a crime,
Sura wrote
If the government’s argument were correct, the Executive Branch would possess a shuddering degree of power — power that the President could wield in extreme and extraordinary ways, including against American citizens that the President simply disfavors,
according to court filings from constitutional law professors Erwin Chemerinsky, Marth Minow and Laurence TribeThis is just a temporary administrative stay; we have full confidence that the Supreme Court will resolve this matter as quickly as possible,
Abrego Garcia’s attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg told The IndependentAll eyes are on the United States as the Trump administration continues to attack the constitution,
according to Ama S. Frimpong, legal director for immigrants’ advocacy group CASAThere is no question — and could be no question — that the federal courts have jurisdiction over the U.S. officials who removed an individual from the United States and arranged for that individual to be held in a foreign prison, and who have continuing authority and power to correct their mistakes in such removal and rendition,
they wroteOn March 15, although ICE was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia was removed to El Salvador because of an administrative error,
government lawyers wrote in court filingsIf we did that every single time, that would simply be insane,
she told NPRA few minutes later, someone identifying themselves as with the Department of Homeland Security called me back and said that I needed to get there in 10 minutes to pick up my son or they would call child protective services,
she wroteThe courts have rightfully sided with Kilmar, against the Trump administration’s illegal overreach and constitutional violations,
she saidThe United States does not control the sovereign nation of El Salvador, nor can it compel El Salvador to follow a federal judge’s bidding,
US Solicitor General John Sauer told the Supreme Court
There is no dispute that Abrego Garcia is only in El Salvador because the United States sent him there,
his lawyers arguedAbrego Garcia has never been charged with a crime, in any country. He is not wanted by the Government of El Salvador,
they said
It presents the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ of the Government conceding that it erred in removing Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia ‘to a foreign country for which he was not eligible for removal,'
they added