(8 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington – 8 April 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Pam Bondi, United States Attorney General:
“Well, first of all, it was an administrative error as to why he was deported, and he is a known gang member. ICE testified he was a gang member, and we believe he should stay where he is. You know, the defense had argued that he was, what was it, a journeyman, that he was training to be an electrician. Well, the last gang member we arrested, who was a violent murderer, was also hanging wallpaper in a place called The Villages in Florida, one of the biggest retirement places in our country. So, these people are living among us. One of the big cases we had, I think you’re very aware of, half an hour from where we’re standing was another violent gang member living right among us in a very, very nice residential neighborhood. Wreaths on the door next door to him, children’s bicycles. So that’s what these gangs do. they infiltrate our country and they live among us So to say that he was training to be an electrician does not legitimize him from being a violent gang member, and we will continue to fight for the safety of Americans and get these people out of our country to make America safe. Every victim of crime deserves to be safe, and these families who have lost loved ones, they are foreign adversaries, they are terrorists, and they are living among us no longer, and especially after that ruling yesterday. They better start self-deporting because we’re coming after them.”
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STORYLINE:
On Monday, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts agreed to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The administration appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing a judge overstepped by ordering the administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States.
The administration has previously acknowledged Abrego Garcia should not have been deported, but argued the government has no way to get him back.
Outside the White House on Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters that the justice department believes Garcia should remain in prison.
“First of all, it was an administrative error as to why he was deported, and he is a known gang member. ICE testified he was a gang member, and we believe he should stay where he is. You know, the defense had argued that he was, what was it, a journeyman, that he was training to be an electrician. Well, the last gang member we arrested, who was a violent murderer, was also hanging wallpaper in a place called The Villages in Florida, one of the biggest retirement places in our country. So, these people are living among us,” Bondi said.
Bondi is also doubling down on immigration and Americans’ safety.
“Every victim of crime deserves to be safe, and these families who have lost loved ones, they are foreign adversaries, they are terrorists, and they are living among us no longer, and especially after that ruling yesterday. They better start self-deporting because we’re coming after them,” Bondi said.
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