You Taught Us About Justice
You taught us that good government doesn't punish people to send messages to others. You said that's what dictators do, not American presidents.
You taught us that in America, if the government makes a mistake, they fix it. If a judge orders something, the government follows that order. If someone is wrongly imprisoned, they get released.
What if I told you they did the opposite? They used fabricated evidence to justify destroying a family, ignored federal court orders for months, then brought Garcia back only to prosecute him.
The Fabricated Evidence
πΈ THE ALTERED PHOTOGRAPH
April 30, 2025 - ABC News Interview
Trump showed Terry Moran a photograph claiming Garcia had MS-13 gang tattoos on his knuckles
When challenged that the photo was altered, Trump refused to accept it and showed it multiple times
Verified photos after deportation: No tattoos visible
Multiple news outlets confirmed: The symbols were not visible on other photos
Administration response: Continued to assert the altered photo was authentic
This reveals the truth: The President used a digitally altered photograph to justify destroying an American family. When confronted with evidence the photo was fake, he refused to back down.
This wasn't an "administrative error." They deliberately fabricated evidence to justify targeting Garcia specifically, then sent him to one of the world's worst prisons to send a message to others.
Meet Kilmar Abrego Garcia
πΊπΈ AN AMERICAN FAMILY DESTROYED
Venezuelan father of two
Living in Maryland with American wife and children
Legal protection granted by immigration judge in 2019
Deported using fabricated evidence
RETURNED JUNE 6, 2025 - to face criminal charges
Indicted AFTER wrongful deportation based on 2022 traffic stop
The timeline that reveals the pattern:
- 2022: Garcia stopped in traffic, released with warning for expired license
- March 12, 2025: Garcia deported using altered photograph as justification
- April 30, 2025: Trump shows ABC News the fabricated photo with fake MS-13 tattoos
- March-June: Government claims it's "impossible" to bring him back
- May 21, 2025: Grand jury secretly indicts Garcia (while he's in El Salvador)
- May 21, 2025: Chief prosecutor Ben Schrader resigns in protest
- June 6, 2025: Garcia returned - for prosecution, not to correct the error
Where They Sent Him
π’ EL SALVADOR'S CECOT PRISON
23Β½ hours a day in solitary confinement
No mattresses - sleep on concrete
No human contact except guards
One of the world's harshest prisons
They could have sent him anywhere. The choice of CECOT was deliberate - designed to send a message to others.
They could have sent Garcia anywhere - they chose El Salvador's CECOT prison, one of the world's harshest facilities. The message was clear: "We can send anyone to hell, even American fathers with legal protection, even when federal judges order us not to."
The Federal Prosecutor Who Refused
βοΈ RESIGNATION IN PROTEST
Ben Schrader - 15-year veteran prosecutor
Chief of Criminal Division, Nashville US Attorney's Office
Resigned May 21, 2025 - same day Garcia was indicted
"It has been an incredible privilege to serve as a prosecutor with the Department of Justice, where the only job description I've ever known is to do the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons."
Sources confirmed he resigned because the case was "being pursued for political reasons"
When a 15-year veteran federal prosecutor, the chief of the criminal division, refuses to put his name on a case and resigns in protest, that tells you everything about the integrity of those charges.
Garcia's attorney captured the truth: "The government disappeared Kilmar to a foreign prison in violation of a court order. Now, after months of delay and secrecy, they're bringing him back, not to correct their error but to prosecute him. This shows that they were playing games with the court all along."
The Pressure That Forced Their Hand
π What Finally Made Them Act
Supreme Court pressure: Ordered Garcia's return
Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen: Personally traveled to El Salvador to meet Garcia
Federal judges: Repeatedly ordered government compliance
Media coverage: International attention on American father in torture prison
The breaking point: They could no longer ignore the pressure
Their solution: Bring him back for prosecution to save face
For months, the government claimed it was impossible to bring Garcia back. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in May: "There is no scenario where Abrego Garcia will be in the United States again."
But the pressure kept building: Supreme Court orders, federal judges demanding compliance, Senator Van Hollen flying to El Salvador, international media coverage.
They had sent Garcia to CECOT as a message: "We can disappear anyone." But when that message backfired and created a constitutional crisis, they needed a way out that didn't look like admitting defeat.
Today, Attorney General Bondi said they "presented El Salvador with an arrest warrant and they agreed to return him." This proves they could have made that request at any time. They simply chose not to, while claiming it was impossible.
Additional Cases of Government Overreach
π Case #2: Mahmoud Khalil
Graduate student at Columbia University studying engineering with a green card. His American citizen wife is eight months pregnant.
He helped organize peaceful campus demonstrations about university divestment policies. ICE arrested him at his apartment, initially claiming they were revoking his student visa, then changing to his green card.
Whether you agree with his views on university investment policies is irrelevant: he's a legal resident with an American wife exercising First Amendment rights.
π₯ Case #3: Maria Santos
Texas mother of three American citizen children, was deported despite having Temporary Protected Status.
She had been working as a nurse's aide during COVID. Her status was revoked retroactively after she spoke to reporters about working conditions.
Punished for speaking to the press while serving on the frontlines of a pandemic.
The "We Will Hunt You Down" Campaign
π° $200 MILLION FEAR CAMPAIGN
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem launched a $200 million ad campaign
Her exact words: "If you are a criminal alien considering entering America illegally: Don't even think about it. If you come here and break our laws, we will hunt you down. Criminals are not welcome in the United States."
The problem: They're hunting people with legal protection, using fabricated evidence
π¨ DICTATOR LANGUAGE vs AMERICAN POLICING
American police: "Protect and serve"
Government broadcast: "We will hunt you down"
Constitutional process: Charge first, then arrest
Authoritarian process: Deport first, invent charges later
The contradiction: Noem says they hunt "criminal aliens," but Garcia had legal protection and they used fake evidence
Uncle Jim, you taught me that American police "protect and serve," not "hunt" residents like animals. And you taught me that in America, we charge people with crimes BEFORE we punish them, not after.
When Government Uses Fear as Policy
π The Pattern of Political Terror
Step 1: Fabricate evidence to justify targeting someone
Step 2: Deport them to send a message to others
Step 3: Choose the harshest possible destination (CECOT prison)
Step 4: Ignore court orders - show that even judges can't stop you
Step 5: When pressure becomes unbearable, secretly develop criminal charges
Step 6: Bring them back for prosecution, claim vindication
Step 7: Hope no one notices this was political theater from the start
You taught me that good government doesn't punish people to send messages to others. You said that's what dictators do, not American presidents. But that's exactly what happened here.
The charges against Garcia are based on a 2022 traffic stop where he was questioned and released with only a warning about an expired license. If this was evidence of serious crimes, why wait three years? Why wait until AFTER a wrongful deportation? Because the deportation was never about the evidence - it was about the message.
American Citizens Are Not Safe
If the government can fabricate evidence to deport a legal resident with an American wife and American children, ignore federal court orders for months, then manufacture charges while he's imprisoned abroad, what makes you think American citizens are safe?
πΊπΈ American Citizens Previously Deported
ICE has accidentally deported American citizens before:
Peter Sean Brown: U.S. citizen detained for 5 months
Mark Lyttle: U.S. citizen deported to Mexico, couldn't prove citizenship
Jakadrien Turner: 14-year-old U.S. citizen deported to Colombia
If they can fabricate evidence and manufacture charges afterward to justify their errors, what stops them from doing this to anyone?
This Isn't About Immigration Policy
Uncle Jim, this isn't about immigration policy. It's about whether government can fabricate evidence, ignore court orders, then manufacture criminal charges afterward to justify their actions.
You can support strong border security AND oppose wrongful deportations. You can want immigration laws enforced AND demand that the government follow court orders. You can be tough on crime AND still expect charges to be filed BEFORE punishment, not after.
These aren't contradictory positions. They're American positions.
The Breakdown of Law and Order
Real law and order means:
- When the government makes mistakes, they fix them
- When judges issue orders, they're followed
- When families are wrongly separated, they're reunited
- When people are accused of crimes, they're charged BEFORE punishment
- When prosecutors see political prosecutions, they refuse to participate
- Evidence is authentic, not digitally altered
What we have now is the opposite:
- Mistakes are covered up with manufactured charges
- Court orders are ignored for months
- Families are used as political props
- People are punished first, charged later
- Career prosecutors resign rather than participate in the charade
- Fabricated evidence is used on national television
That's not law and order. That's authoritarianism disguised as justice.
The Choice We Face
Dad, you taught me that America was different because:
- The government admits mistakes and fixes them
- Courts can check executive power
- Families are sacred
- No one is above the law
- We charge people with crimes BEFORE we punish them
- Evidence must be authentic
Garcia is back in the United States, but not because the government corrected their mistake. He's back because they want to prosecute him on charges that a veteran federal prosecutor refused to sign his name to.
His American wife and children can see him again, but only in a federal courthouse where he'll defend himself against charges filed AFTER he was wrongfully punished based on fabricated evidence.
Is this the America you want to leave to your grandchildren?
An America where the government can use fake photographs on national television to justify destroying families, ignore court orders for months, then manufacture criminal charges to cover their tracks?
An America where career prosecutors resign rather than put their names on political prosecutions?
Because if we don't stop this now, next time it could be our family - and there might be no prosecutor left with enough integrity to resign in protest.