About 2 1/2 months ago, a three-justice panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal noted that Santos Grimaldi, Melvin Sandoval and Rogelio Contreras raised a plethora of challenges to either their convictions or sentences, but found that their substantive challenges lack merit.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case underscores a troubling trend in U.S. immigration policy, where the authority of courts is increasingly disregarded, leading to the unjust deportation of individuals based on questionable allegations.