Trump Administration Ordered to Return Migrant to U.S. After Due Process Violation

Trump Administration Pardons

• 📜 President Trump issued 25 pardons, including former Republican Representative Michael Grim for tax fraud.
• 🤝 The pardons appear to favor political allies and individuals with fan bases, such as reality TV couple Todd and Julie Kriley and former Governor John Rowland.
• 💡 Alice Johnson, who was previously pardoned with encouragement from Kim Kardashian West, has been influential in the recent pardon process.
• 🎤 Notable figures like rapper NBA Young Boy and Chicago gangster Larry Hoover were among those whose sentences were commuted or who received help.
• ⚖️ The administration has been clearing out the US pardon office, installing loyalists like Ed Martin, who is sympathetic to January 6 defendants.

January 6th Pardons and Commutations

• ⚠️ A key outstanding question is whether individuals involved in the January 6th events, such as Oathkeepers and Proud Boys, will receive full pardons for their commuted sentences.
• 🤝 Ed Martin personally received pardon applications for violent felons involved in the January 6th events.

Migrant Due Process Violation

• 🏛️ A federal judge ordered a deported man to be returned to the U.S. after his due process rights were ignored by the Trump administration.
• ✈️ The U.S. Department of Justice admitted to wrongly deporting the man without due process and stated it is arranging a charter flight for his return.
• 📄 The government had filed a false document under oath claiming the man agreed to be sent to a third-party country.
• 🇲🇽 He was deported to Mexico without warning and subsequently sent to Guatemala, where he fears persecution and abuse.
• 🇺🇸 This case highlights the possibility of bringing individuals back to the U.S. to have their rights heard in a U.S. court, similar to the case of Kilar Orego Garcia.