Hillary Clinton said she saw the Trump administration’s deportation mess coming. “Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism,” Clinton wrote in an X post Wednesday as the government continued to justify its deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—despite admitting that he was mistakenly taken to El Salvador due to an “administrative error.” Clinton warned that “if they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.” Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran who has been living in Maryland with his family, was shipped back home despite an immigration judge’s ruling explicitly preventing that because of the possible persecution he could face from local gangs. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to defend Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation by linking it to a heartbreaking incident in an entirely separate case also involving an immigrant. “He will never live in the United States again,” Leavitt said of Abrego Garcia as the Trump administration continued to ignore a Supreme Court ruling ordering the government to “facilitate” his return. In April 2024, Clinton warned, “the kind of threats that you hear coming out of Donald Trump should scare everyone because with an authoritarian, you never know what side of the bed they’ll wake up on.”
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
