The Daily Populous Tuesday April 1st, 2025 evening edition
Authored by foxnews.com and submitted by kirby__000

Vice President JD Vance responded to comments asking him about the Trump administration admitting to sending a Salvadoran man with protected legal status to the megaprison in El Salvador by mistake.

"It’s gross to get fired up about gang members getting deported while ignoring citizens they victimize," Vance wrote on X in response to a question about the error from "Pod Save America" host Jon Favreau.

The administration's attorneys acknowledged in a court filing on Monday that it sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador by mistake, which was first reported by The Atlantic. However, the administration also claimed that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the prison where he is behind bars.

Abrego Garcia was removed from Maryland when the administration sent three planeloads of Salvadoran and Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador’s "Terrorism Confinement Center" on March 15 for alleged gang affiliations.

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Attorneys for several removed Venezuelan migrants have emphasized that the administration has falsely labeled several of the removed migrants as gang members based on their tattoos, though administration officials have repeatedly stated those sent to the prison are the "worst of the worst."

Certain tattoos flagged as gang-affiliated, which could lead to a migrant's removal, include art of things like a crown or NBA legend Michael Jordan's famous "Jumpman" logo rather than only symbols of a notable gang in El Salvador or Venezuela.

The administration maintains that those tattoos have gang affiliations.

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While responding to Favreau, who served as an aide to former President Barack Obama, Vance said "you apparently didn’t read he was a convicted MS-13 gang member with no legal right to be here" – referencing the court filing.

"My further comment is that it’s gross to get fired up about gang members getting deported while ignoring citizens they victimize," the vice president added.

The court filing states that Abrego Garcia was denied bond in 2019 over an informant’s allegation that he was a member of MS-13, but he has not been convicted.

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Court filings also show Abrego Garcia came to the U.S. in 2011 at the age of 16 after fleeing gang threats in El Salvador, The Atlantic reported.

Eight years later, a judge granted him a form of protected status known as "withholding of removal" after finding that he would likely be a target of Salvadoran gangs if deported to his native country.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.

danimagoo on April 1st, 2025 at 12:44 UTC »

> While responding to Favreau, who served as an aide to former President Barack Obama, Vance said "you apparently didn’t read he was a convicted MS-13 gang member with no legal right to be here" – referencing the court filing.

This is a lie. The man has NO criminal record. He's never been convicted of anything. One informant claimed he was a gang member. But he literally fled the gangs in El Salvador to come here at the age of 16, and is now working an apprenticeship. Or was. He's exactly the kind of person we should welcome with open arms.

BlotchComics on April 1st, 2025 at 11:52 UTC »

> Certain tattoos flagged as gang-affiliated, which could lead to a migrant's removal, include art of things like a crown or NBA legend Michael Jordan's famous "Jumpman" logo rather than only symbols of a notable gang in El Salvador or Venezuela.

> The administration maintains that those tattoos have gang affiliations.

What happens when they decide that a Kamala Harris flag in your yard is an indication that you're affiliated with terrorists?

I know people will say that would never happen, but people also said "only people here illegally who have criminal records" will be deported. And now there are legal US citizens being detained because they "look mexican".

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/28/ice-arrested-and-detained-a-us-citizen-for-hours-because-he-looked-mexican/

EDIT: I just realized that the next step for them is rainbow flags... democratic political flags will come a little later.

thingsorfreedom on April 1st, 2025 at 11:51 UTC »

We sent an innocent man, or 50, to hell on earth.

Does one whataboutism get us out of this or am I going to have to use two?

Don't make me go to what about her emails. I will go there.