The Trump administration said a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported and then brought back to the US on criminal charges will “never go free” on American soil, even though a judge ordered his release.
Kilmar Ábrego García was deported in March as part of an immigration crackdown. Government officials said he was removed in error, but they were unable to bring him back.
Earlier this month, he was sent to the state of Tennessee, where the justice department charged him with human smuggling.
The judge overseeing the case said on Sunday that Mr Ábrego García should be released from custody while he awaits trial. But she noted immigration officials would still have the power to detain him.
It’s important to remember that it actually doesn’t matter if Garcia is guilty of any crimes. They might eventually prove that he committed treason, or murdered puppies, or raped someone, or some other crime actual Republicans have actually been convicted for without facing consequences. His guilt or innocence is not as important as the process we use to determine guilt or innocence. You’ve hit the nail on the head, but I think it’s bigger than anyone imagines. Without “innocent until proven guilty,” we literally have no laws. There are no legal foundations below that one, and everything is built upon it. It is to the law what thermodynamics is to cuisine. Without it, there’s nothing else. We could talk in theory about recipes (legislation), but you can’t heat or cool things. We could eat raw ingredients (natural law) but only if it doesn’t require refrigeration, that’s just eating naturally ocurring local food. You might think that’s a good thing, but a return to a state of nature is the opposite of civilization.