Crime Trump Administration Sent Legal Immigrant to Prison in El Salvador

[cincymma79]

 

[Mr Holmes]

How fucking dumb are you, really? Honest to fuck.

"Lawyers for the family filed an emergency petition Thursday, asking the court to order the child's "immediate release" by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying they "lack any statutory or constitutional authority" to detain her as a U.S. citizen."

Edit: where is the actual evidence the mother claimed otherwise aside from the admin's claim?

MSN

Well here it is.

The government showed the court a copy of Lopez-Villela’s letter about the 2-year-old American citizen, translated as, “I, Jenny Carolina Lopez [Villela], will bring my daughter, Valentina Mendez Lopez, with me to Honduras.”

...
The Trump administration said two other individuals in the U.S. had asked to be legal custodians of the 2-year-old but had not proven their identity. “Taking [her] away from her mother and placing her in the custody of individuals who are seemingly unprepared to establish their identities would pose a greater risk of harm,” the government said in a filing.

Do you ever get tired of being wrong?

 

[StewDogg11]

What’s the latest on the Maryland man? Haven’t heard anything about him in a couple of weeks.

 

[Andy Capp]

MSN

Well here it is.


Do you ever get tired of being wrong?

"...will bring my daughter..."

Oh yeah, open and shut case. Got it.

 

[Mr Holmes]

"...will bring my daughter..."

Oh yeah, open and shut case. Got it.

"Pathetic"

 

[Mr Holmes]

What’s the latest on the Maryland man? Haven’t heard anything about him in a couple of weeks.

Turns out someone made a statement that he paid him to traffic other illegal aliens.

 

[Xanzito]

Turns out someone made a statement that he paid him to traffic other illegal aliens.

Pillar of society. Quicky, we need a democrat to pay another margarita to this man.

 

[cincymma79]

Another day without the wife beating gang affiliatiated apparently also human trafficking piece of shit in the us

 

[Eusung]

But Kyle Kulinski called him "The most innocent man alive" and no I'm not making that up, he really said that.

This was the most predictable L for the left to fall into. Everyone else could connect the dots from a mile away before we even got the details confirmed, lol wtf.

 

[Hog-train]

Whatever racist bigot , that’s typical Maryland dad stuff, it’s normal .

 

[DoctorTaco]

So, is there a final verdict on if this dude was a legal or illegal immigrant?

That was never in question.

 

[DoctorTaco]

This was the most predictable L for the left to fall into. Everyone else could connect the dots from a mile away before we even got the details confirmed, lol wtf.

This you?

Anyone who thinks Trump intended for people to think those English letters were the actual tattooes and not translating the tattooes on his fingers is the most brainwashed person alive.

The only way someone would actually believe those English letters were meant to be seen as part of the photo is if they first read a headline from leftist MSM before before seeing the actual photo

Personally I don't think the people saying this actually believe it, they just want the normies who might not even look at the photo believe it.

You have to be pretty dense to take that literally.

 

[BFoe]

This shit is so tiresome. Another example of the Right resorting to optics and emotions because you guys can’t argue something on the merits.

We don’t disregard judges’ orders—especially Supreme Court judges’ orders—just because you think someone is a bad guy. It doesn’t matter how bad you feel someone is. The dude was deported to a country that he was legally blocked from being deported to, he’s been put in prison despite not being charged or convicted in either El Salvador or the US, and the Trump administration has been ordered to facilitate his return and proceed through the legal system with the case.
Period.

 

[Limbo Pete]

This shit is so tiresome. Another example of the Right resorting to optics and emotions because you guys can’t argue something on the merits.

We don’t disregard judges’ orders—especially Supreme Court judges’ orders—just because you think someone is a bad guy. It doesn’t matter how bad you feel someone is. The dude was deported to a country that he was legally blocked from being deported to, he’s been put in prison despite not being charged or convicted in either El Salvador or the US, and the Trump administration has been ordered to facilitate his return and proceed through the legal system with the case.
Period.

This is how reactionaries always operate, and it's the corner stone of Trump's power; it isn't about what a person does, but rather who does it. Power entitlement.

 

[BFoe]

DOJ drops charges against Newark mayor.

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-jersey/doj-drops-case-against-newark-mayor-ras-baraka/

 

[DoctorTaco]

 

[PBAC]

Trump: he literally had MS13 tattood on his fingers

MAGA: he didn't mean it literally

 

[LeonardoBjj]

At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, report finds​

Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot

Coral Murphy Marcos

At least 50 Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador had entered the United States legally, according to a review by the Cato Institute.

The report, published by the libertarian thinktank on Monday, analyzed the available immigration data for only a portion of the men who were deported to El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), and focuses on the cases where records could be found.

“The government calls them all ‘illegal aliens.’ But of the 90 cases where the method of crossing is known, 50 men report that they came legally to the United States, with advanced US government permission, at an official border crossing point,” Cato said in its report.

This number aligns with broader trends among Venezuelan migrants, many of whom entered the country either as refugees or through a Biden-era parole program that granted two-year work permits to those with US-based sponsors.

“The proportion isn’t what matters the most: the astounding absolute numbers are,” reads the report. “Dozens of legal immigrants were stripped of their status and imprisoned in El Salvador.”

Cato’s analysis goes against the Trump administration’s justification for sending the men to El Salvador, saying that only undocumented people were deported.


The report says that 21 men were admitted after presenting themselves at a port of entry, 24 were granted parole, four were resettled as refugees, and one entered the US on a tourist visa.

The Trump administration deported more than 200 alleged gang members to the Cecot mega-prison in March, controversially invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law meant only to be used in wartime, as justification. The Cecot prison is known for its harsh conditions, and lawyers for Venezuelan deportees have alleged that the migrants being held there are victims of physical and emotional “torture”.

The deportations have since drawn widespread scrutiny. To date, the Trump administration has not released complete records for the more than 200 Venezuelans transferred to El Salvador. Cato’s review includes information for 174 men whose cases have some degree of public documentation.

The Trump administration has accused many of the deported Venezuelan men of gang involvement, but in many cases, those claims appear to hinge largely on their tattoos.

Many of the tattoos cited as evidence have no connection to gang activity. The markings reflect, in many cases, personal or cultural references.

Cato uses the example of Andry José Hernández Romero, a makeup artist, who has crown tattoos on his arms that reference the Three Kings Day celebrations in his Venezuelan hometown.

The report comes amid a sprawling crackdown on immigrants in the US. On Monday, the supreme court ruled that the Trump administration could proceed with efforts to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for Venezuelans. Ending TPS, which protects foreign citizens who cannot return home because of war, natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstances, could open up approximately 350,000 people for potential deportation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/el-salvador-prison-migrants-us-report

 

[cincymma79]

 

[Andy Capp]

DOJ drops charges against Newark mayor.

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/new-jersey/doj-drops-case-against-newark-mayor-ras-baraka/

At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, report finds​

Cato analysis goes against Trump administration’s claim that only undocumented people were deported to Cecot

Coral Murphy Marcos

At least 50 Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador had entered the United States legally, according to a review by the Cato Institute.

The report, published by the libertarian thinktank on Monday, analyzed the available immigration data for only a portion of the men who were deported to El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), and focuses on the cases where records could be found.

“The government calls them all ‘illegal aliens.’ But of the 90 cases where the method of crossing is known, 50 men report that they came legally to the United States, with advanced US government permission, at an official border crossing point,” Cato said in its report.

This number aligns with broader trends among Venezuelan migrants, many of whom entered the country either as refugees or through a Biden-era parole program that granted two-year work permits to those with US-based sponsors.

“The proportion isn’t what matters the most: the astounding absolute numbers are,” reads the report. “Dozens of legal immigrants were stripped of their status and imprisoned in El Salvador.”

Cato’s analysis goes against the Trump administration’s justification for sending the men to El Salvador, saying that only undocumented people were deported.


The report says that 21 men were admitted after presenting themselves at a port of entry, 24 were granted parole, four were resettled as refugees, and one entered the US on a tourist visa.

The Trump administration deported more than 200 alleged gang members to the Cecot mega-prison in March, controversially invoking the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law meant only to be used in wartime, as justification. The Cecot prison is known for its harsh conditions, and lawyers for Venezuelan deportees have alleged that the migrants being held there are victims of physical and emotional “torture”.

The deportations have since drawn widespread scrutiny. To date, the Trump administration has not released complete records for the more than 200 Venezuelans transferred to El Salvador. Cato’s review includes information for 174 men whose cases have some degree of public documentation.

The Trump administration has accused many of the deported Venezuelan men of gang involvement, but in many cases, those claims appear to hinge largely on their tattoos.

Many of the tattoos cited as evidence have no connection to gang activity. The markings reflect, in many cases, personal or cultural references.

Cato uses the example of Andry José Hernández Romero, a makeup artist, who has crown tattoos on his arms that reference the Three Kings Day celebrations in his Venezuelan hometown.

The report comes amid a sprawling crackdown on immigrants in the US. On Monday, the supreme court ruled that the Trump administration could proceed with efforts to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for Venezuelans. Ending TPS, which protects foreign citizens who cannot return home because of war, natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstances, could open up approximately 350,000 people for potential deportation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/el-salvador-prison-migrants-us-report