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The Abrego Garcia arrest showed Trump’s immigration machine can still make a disaster worse

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained by ICE on March 12, 2025, the same case that would soon become a national symbol of Trump’s deportation chaos. The arrest fed a fast-moving disaster in which the administration’s own actions collided with court protections, then spiraled into an even bigger legal and moral embarrassment.

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The Abrego Garcia arrest showed Trump’s immigration machine can still make a disaster worse

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained by ICE on March 12, 2025, the same case that would soon become a national symbol of Trump’s deportation chaos. The arrest fed a fast-moving disaster in which the administration’s own actions collided with court protections, then spiraled into an even bigger legal and moral embarrassment.

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