New Charges Against Abrego Garcia Make a Mockery of Due Process
The administration testing how far it can push the law before it breaks
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case should have been straightforward: a man arrested on immigration charges, entitled to his day in court.
Instead, it has spiraled into a showcase of how Trump’s Justice Department bends the rules to get the outcome it wants. With new human trafficking charges suddenly tacked on, Garcia is being held up as proof of Trump’s tough-on-crime stance, while the government quietly sidesteps the basic protections guaranteed by due process.
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