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In reply to the discussion: Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody at appointment [View all]LeftInTX
(33,598 posts)22. I would have just gone to Costa Rica.
I wish him luck fighting, but I'm not too optimistic. I knew this would happen.
If he can go to Costa Rica from Uganda, so then it's worth the fight, I guess.
He would be able to live freely and be given refugee status in Costa Rica.
This shithole country isn't worth it.
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I said yesterday this might happen. It has happened to others who showed up for immigration appointments......
riversedge
Aug 25
#9
would not tell lawyers why he was being taken, or where - that's kidnapping, not taking into custody (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 25
#11
Kilmar Abrego Garcia files habeas petition over his recent detention and impending deportation.
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 25
#13
Maybe these courts could start doing zoom calls to protect people from getting kidnaped going to these hearings.
1WorldHope
Aug 25
#29
I wish, with prior approval of the Canadian government of course, someone had spirited him over the border
Vinca
Aug 25
#32
Xinis also said that if the government intends to deport Abrego Garcia to a third country, it needs to provide 72 hours'
riversedge
Aug 25
#33
Deadline: Legal Blog-Abrego's criminal case was always a farce. The government's latest actions show why.
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 25
#38