Pam Bondi puts faith in ICE as key source in decision to deport alleged MS-13 gang member
Politics,Deportations,Judges,Pam Bondi,Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Attorney General Pam Bondi doubled down on the Trump administration's decision to deport alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to an El Salvadoran megaprison last month — insisting in a "Fox News Sunday" interview that ICE members have testified that the former Maryland resident is a member of the criminal gang, despite arguments to the contrary.
"His lawyers have argued he should be here because he was studying to be an electrician… let me give you a comparison," she said.
The Trump official steered into a discussion about violent gang members apprehended in Florida recently. One, she said, was charged with stabbing an individual over a hundred times as a part of their gang initiation.
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