Vice President JD Vance faced backlash after incorrectly labeling a Maryland migrant with court-granted protected status as a convicted MS-13 gang member deserving of imprisonment. The Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting the migrant, a father of two, to El Salvador, where he now faces severe conditions with no legal recourse for return. Critics, including liberal commentators and former immigration lawyers, highlighted the government’s error, emphasizing the man’s lack of a criminal record and questioning Vance’s stance in light of the recent revelations.
The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he's now locked up.
Vance replied, My comment is that according to the court document you apparently didn't read he was a convicted MS-13 gang member with no legal right to be here.
Liberal podcast host Jon Favreau shared the story and wrote, You just admitted to accidentally sending an innocent father from Maryland to a torture dungeon in El Salvador. And you refuse to do anything about it.
Former immigration lawyer Aaron Reichlin-Melnick replied to Vance, noting, Vance is badly wrong here. He's been out for the last five years, married to a U.S. citizen, has two kids, and STILL has no criminal record at all.
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