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Sam Hotchkiss's avatar

Respectfully, your framing of this as a “both sides are wrong” situation misses the point. Perhaps liberals are mistaken to rally around the character of Abrego Garcia. But his moral character is not the issue.

It is much more troubling that conservatives are rallying around the position that the Trump administration has taken: they can violate the law and a unanimous Supreme Court order as much as they want, if it is in the name of the cause of border security. That is nothing short of a constitutional crisis.

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Jules Don't Play's avatar

Incredibly insightful write up. Very helpful in clarifying the facts but as others have noted, his moral character is not the issue. Yes I know that there are people out there presenting him as father of the year but that's not really what is at stake. It's the fact that the government under the present Administration sent him to the very place he was not supposed to be sent and are now refusing to return him for proper processing. If we uphold the law only when we agree with a person's moral character then there would be a lot less work for defense attorneys. Everyone receives due process or no one receives due process. End of story.

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