“This was an administrative error,” James Percival, a #DHS official appointed by #Trump, wrote to his colleagues on March 30. “(Not that we should say publicly.)”

Tricia McLaughlin, DHS propagandist, said in a statement that #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s #deportation was part of “a highly sensitive counterterrorism operation with national security implications.” [that’s some hardcore lying.]

In the end, a snr #DOJ lawyer, Erez Reuveni, who counseled bringing #KilmarAbregoGarcia back to the US, was fired for what AG #PamBondi claimed was a failure to “zealously advocate on behalf of the United States.”

Documents obtained by NYT laying out the debate among leading lawyers at the #State, #Justice & #HomelandSecurity Depts reveal new details of the admin’s early efforts to *develop a strategy* for a case that has become a major test of #Trump’s mass #deportation effort.

In the days before the govt’s error became public, #DHS ofcls discussed trying to portray #KilmarAbregoGarcia as a “leader” of the violent street gang #MS13, even though they could find NO EVIDENCE to support the claim. They considered ways to nullify the original order that barred his #deportation to #ElSalvador. They sought to downplay the danger he might face in one of that country’s most notorious prisons.

A federal judge in Boston said on Wednesday that the #Trump admin had violated an order he issued last month barring ofcls from deporting people to countries not their own without first giving them an opportunity to object to their removal.

The finding by the judge, Brian E. Murphy, was one of the strongest #judicial rebukes the admin has faced so far in a series of contentious cases arising from its sprawling #deportation agenda.

The 8 men were from #Cuba, #Laos, #Mexico, #Myanmar, #Vietnam & #SouthSudan, #DHS ofcls said at a press conference, & were convicted of murder, armed robbery & other serious crimes.
"We conducted a #deportation flight from Texas to remove some of the most barbaric, violent individuals illegally in the United States," Homeland Security propagandist Tricia McLaughlin told reporters. "These are the monsters that the district judge is trying to protect,” McLaughlin lied.
#law #immigration #judiciary

Robert Scott, a NYC-based #immigration lawyer, said he was baffled when one of his clients—a #LowIncome Mexican woman who has lived in the US for 25yrs—also received a $1.8M fine.

“At first you look at something like this & think it’s fake. I’ve never seen a client receive anything like this,”he said.

Scott said the woman received a final #deportation order in 2013 but was not aware of it at the time. The woman filed a motion last year to reopen the removal order, which is still pending.

The recipients of the notices were informed that they had 30 days to contest, in writing, under oath, & w/evidence as to why the penalty should not be imposed.

The steep fines are part of #Trump’s aggressive push to get #immigrants in the US illegally to leave the country voluntarily, or “self deport.”

The Trump admin plan…include levying fines of $998 per day for immigrants who failed to leave the US after a #deportation order.

“It’s not fair. Where is someone going to find that much money?”she said.

In the last few weeks, #Trump has started to operationalize a plan to fine #immigrants who fail to leave the US after a final #deportation order, issuing notices to 4,500 immigrants w/penalties totaling >$500M, a snr Trump ofcl said….

Reuters spoke w/8 #immigration lawyers around the country who said their clients had been fined from several thousand dollars to just over $1.8 million.

The lawmakers visited the detention center May 9 to conduct an #oversight visit. They said they were allowed inside to tour the 1,000-bed facility, which opened this month amid resistance from local ofcls who are opposed to #Trump’s #deportation efforts.

McIver & the other lawmakers, as well as the mayor’s supporters, formed a physical circle around Baraka, video shows, leading to jostling & a confusing scrum that the Trump admin has sought to cast as a violent mob attack on federal officers.

@lemonde c'est le but de l'extermination des palestiniens avec votre complicité @lemonde qui avait toujours soutenu cet état voyou d' #Israël

C'est une extermination, c'est un génocide avec la complicité des médias français et de la communauté internationale

Honte à vous tous

#gaza #genocide #deportation.