The illegal immigrant with more power than the president



If you’re listening to the mainstream media, you’ll likely hear Kilmar Abrego Garcia referred to as the “Maryland father” — not an illegal alien gang member.

“They’ll leave out the fact that he is, of course, an alleged MS-13 gang member and human trafficker. He’s just a Maryland father. I mean, it’s just that there’s, like, minor details of gang-related activity and minor details of human trafficking,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales says sarcastically.

“It’s been a long journey with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but he of course was released from immigration detention yesterday back into the United States,” she adds.


An Obama-appointed judge, Paula Xinis, said federal authorities had detained him again after his return to the United States “without any legal basis.”

“You mean to tell me, Mrs. Obama-appointed judge, that there is not a legal basis to detain an illegal immigrant?” Gonzales asks.

“That’s the legal basis. He’s here illegally, and we need to detain him so we can remove him. Otherwise why have any laws at all?” she adds.

However, that’s not the worst of what Xinis has done.

“This Obama-appointed judge has also granted this man more power than the president, that he can’t be locked up again. We are not allowed to lock him up. We are not allowed to keep Americans safe from this criminal,” Gonzales explains.

“What is this country, you guys?” she asks, adding, “What is this country if we can’t arrest and detain criminals? Like, have you ever heard of an American citizen getting this treatment? Oh, you committed a crime? Oh, we’re going to arrest you, and we are going to what? Detain you. That’s how it works for every American who commits crimes in this country.”

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'We’re going to deport this individual'

Exclusive: ICE arrests alleged MS-13 gang leader on El Salvador's ‘most wanted’ list



Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested one of El Salvador’s “most wanted” who stands accused of murder, according to a Department of Homeland Security press release exclusively obtained by Blaze News.

'These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that sanctuary politicians across Virginia are protecting as they demonize law enforcement.'

On October 2 in Virginia, ICE agents captured Ismael Enrique Mendoza Flores, also known as “El Calaco,” believed to be an MS-13 gang leader.

Mendoza Flores was wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide and illicit associations. According to Fairfax County case records, he was arrested in Virginia on August 23 for unauthorized use of a vehicle, a criminal felony. The alleged crime was reportedly committed on July 28. Mendoza Flores made bail and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for October 31.

The DHS reported that ICE arrested Mendoza Flores due to an active warrant for murder. He was listed as part of the Salvadoran National Police’s “Most Wanted Gang Members” Program.

Mendoza Flores told U.S. authorities that he entered the country as a child in 2015.

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Ismael Enrique Mendoza Flores, “El Calaco.” Image source: Department of Homeland Security

“Our brave men and women of ICE arrested one of El Salvador’s most wanted fugitives off of the streets of Virginia. This MS-13 gang member was wanted for murder,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.

“These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that sanctuary politicians across Virginia are protecting as they demonize law enforcement,” McLaughlin continued. “President Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem are not going to allow gang members to terrorize American citizens.”

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The DHS vowed to continue the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown despite the ongoing government shutdown.

The department stated that it “will not let the Democrats’ government shutdown prevent our law enforcement officers from executing the critical mission of securing our nation from the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.”

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's days in the US may be numbered after court's latest ruling



Months after the high-profile deportation case of an alleged MS-13 associate began with a removal and then mandated return to the United States, a judge has denied the request to stay Kilmar Abrego Garcia's final deportation from the country.

In a copy of the decision obtained by ABC News, Regional Deputy Chief Immigration Judge Philip Taylor denied an emergency request from Garcia's attorneys to reopen his case. The petition, filed in August, argued that Garcia's removal from the U.S. followed by his return subsequently made him eligible to apply for asylum in the U.S.

'This MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, domestic abuser, and child predator will never be loose on American streets.'

However, Judge Taylor argued in his denial to stay the removal on Wednesday that Garcia's application for asylum would be "untimely," considering that Garcia's original immigration proceedings began nearly six years ago.

A large part of the long-running deportation case hangs on the Trump administration's charge that Garcia is affiliated with the violent gang MS-13. His attorneys have delayed his deportation for fear of persecution tied to these accusations, which Garcia and his attorneys deny.

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The prosecution has also indicated that the Department of Homeland Security "may" deport Garcia to another country such as Uganda or Eswatini.

However, Judge Taylor argued that the defense's argument about possible persecution in these countries was ultimately insubstantial.

"The word 'may' is permissive and indicates to the Court that in sending this notification to Respondent's counsel, the Department sought to convey that it reserved the right to remove him to Uganda, not necessarily that it intended to do so, that it had decided to do so, or that it would do so imminently," Judge Taylor said, according to ABC News.

"This MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, domestic abuser, and child predator will never be loose on American streets," the DHS said in an X post on Wednesday evening. "His lawyers tried to fight his removal from the U.S. but one thing is certain, this Salvadoran man is not going to be able to remain in our country. He will never be allowed to prey on innocent Americans again."

The Kilmar Abrego Garcia saga has stretched to this day since he was deported in March. He was then brought back to the United States to face human-trafficking charges in June.

The government shutdown, which began on the same day as this order, will delay deadlines for the case "by the total number of days of the lapse in appropriations," as noted by the DOJ in the court document.

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MS-13 associate Kilmar Abrego Garcia urges Obama judge to silence DHS, DOJ officials



U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested MS-13 associate Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Monday and set the stage for his deportation to Uganda.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement to Blaze News, "President Trump is not going to allow this illegal alien, who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator, to terrorize American citizens any longer."

'The media's sympathetic narrative about this criminal illegal alien has completely fallen apart.'

But Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland — a judge former President Barack Obama nominated — swiftly intervened to prevent the removal of the Salvadoran national. Xinis told the Trump administration it was "absolutely forbidden" from deporting Garcia, then issued a temporary restraining order to this effect.

On Thursday, the MS-13 associate asked a different Obama judge to prevent Attorney General Pam Bondi, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and all of the officials in their respective agencies from discussing his sordid history.

"Since Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was released from pretrial custody last Friday, officials from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security — and even the White House — have attacked Mr. Abrego in the media in numerous highly prejudicial, inflammatory, and false statements," Garcia's attorneys noted in the request to U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, an Obama-nominated judge who sought Abrego's release in July.

Garcia and his legal team were especially prickled by the suggestion that he is "a known MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, wife beater, and child predator."

While Garcia's attorneys complained that such claims were "baseless," it's clear the Trump administration did not create the allegations out of whole cloth.

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Justice Department attorneys indicated earlier this year that in March 2019, Garcia was summoned to appear in removal proceedings. During a bond hearing, ICE stated that a confidential informant flagged Garcia as an active member of MS-13. The illegal alien's bond was denied with the court reportedly finding "that Abrego Garcia was a danger to the community."

When Garcia appealed that decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals, an immigration judge determined in April 2019 that "the determination that the Respondent is a gang member appears to be trustworthy and is supported by other evidence in the record."

As with Garcia's MS-13 link, the domestic abuser claim also did not appear out of thin air.

Garcia's wife, Jennifer Vasquez, sought domestic violence protective orders against him in 2020 and 2021. Vasquez alleged in her 2021 protective order petition that Garcia punched her, ripped off her shirt, and both scratched and bruised her.

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The human trafficking allegation that Garcia wants DHS and DOJ officials to refrain from publicly mentioning is fleshed out in his federal grand jury indictment which accuses him of conspiracy to transport aliens and unlawful transportation of undocumented aliens.

The indictment alleges that Garcia conspired to bring illegal aliens — adults and children alike — into the U.S. from countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Ecuador, and elsewhere from 2016 until this year. He allegedly made over 100 trips over the course of this alleged human smuggling campaign.

"Over the course of the conspiracy, the co-conspirators knowingly and unlawfully transported thousands of undocumented aliens who had no known authorization to be present in the United States, and many of whom were MS-13 member and associates," said the indictment.

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As for the "child predator" allegation, Bondi told reporters in June that one of Garcia's alleged co-conspirators claimed that he not only "abused undocumented alien females" who were "under his control while transporting them throughout our country" but allegedly "solicited nude photographs and videos of a minor."

Bondi, Noem, and the White House's repeated references to these and other skeletons in Garcia's closet evidently infuriated him, but Garcia's attorneys said in their Thursday request that the "pièce de resistance" was the DHS' repost of this White House meme:

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Garcia's attorneys claimed in the request that "if the government is allowed to continue in this way, it will taint any conceivable jury pool by exposing the entire country to irrelevant, prejudicial, and false claims about Mr. Abrego."

His attorneys asked for a gag order prohibiting all DHS and DOJ officials involved in Garcia's case — and all officials in their supervisory chain — "from making extrajudicial comments that pose a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing this proceeding."

A DHS official told the Hill, "If Kilmar Abrego Garcia did not want to be mentioned by the Secretary of Homeland Security, then he should have not entered our country illegally and committed heinous crimes."

The DHS official continued, "Once again, the media is falling all over themselves to defend this criminal illegal MS-13 gang member who is an alleged human trafficker, domestic abuser, and child predator. The media's sympathetic narrative about this criminal illegal alien has completely fallen apart, yet they continue to peddle his sob story."

The Hill indicated that the DOJ declined to comment.

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ICE just arrested Democrats' favorite MS-13 associate — and now he's getting the boot for good



MS-13 associate Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Salvadoran national credibly accused of human trafficking, domestic abuse, and posing a danger to the community — was deported back to his home country earlier this year, where he was housed in a prison for terrorists.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and Reps. Robert Garcia (Calif.), Maxwell Frost (Fla.), Yassamin Ansari (Ariz.), and Maxine Dexter (Ore.) were among the Democrats who complained about the MS-13 associate's ouster and imprisonment and demanded his return.

'Remember that I am free, and I was able to be reunited with my family.'

Democrats technically got what they wanted, but Garcia's story did not ultimately play out as they may have hoped.

Garcia was brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges over his involvement in an alleged multistate human trafficking operation, then temporarily held at the Putnam County Jail in Tennessee.

Abrego Garcia's lawyer, Sean Hecker, told WZTV-TV on Friday that Garcia was free, "presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported and then imprisoned, all because of the government's vindictive attack on a man who had the courage to fight back against the administration's continuing assault on the rule of law."

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Blaze News that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has cut short the MS-13 associate's time with his family.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement to Blaze News, "Today, ICE law enforcement arrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia and are processing him for deportation."

"President Trump is not going to allow this illegal alien, who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator, to terrorize American citizens any longer," added Noem.

Before surrendering to ICE in Baltimore on Monday, Garcia told supporters, "Brothers and sisters, my name is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and I want you to remember this: Remember that I am free, and I was able to be reunited with my family."

Immigration officials reportedly offered to send Garcia packing to Costa Rica if he pleaded guilty to the human smuggling charges. Since he apparently chose not to take the deal, he will apparently be deported to Uganda.

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Kilmar Garcia released to his family in Maryland — then ICE notifies him of possible deportation to Uganda



The controversy surrounding the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia escalated on Friday when he was released to be with his family, and the Trump administration immediately took action.

Garcia has been the focus of high-profile litigation after he was deported to a prison for terrorists in El Salvador based on claims from the Trump administration that he was a member of the infamous MS-13 criminal gang.

'We have said it for months and it remains true to this day: he will never go free on American soil.'

After much legal wrangling, Garcia was returned to the U.S., but the government immediately obtained an indictment based on new allegations of his involvement in a multi-state human trafficking operation.

Abrego Garcia's lawyer Sean Hecker said Friday that he was released from Putnam County Jail in Tennessee.

"Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free," he said to WZTV-TV.

"He is presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported, and then imprisoned, all because of the government's vindictive attack on a man who had the courage to fight back against the administration's continuing assault on the rule of law," he added. "He is grateful that his access to American courts has provided meaningful due process."

Hecker was likely referring to a Supreme Court ruling that said the government needed to give Garcia some due process rights before deporting him.

That due process came in the form of a letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that notified Garcia that he might be deported to Uganda within 72 hours. In addition to that, Garcia was ordered to reported to the Baltimore ICE office on Monday.

The government had previously told a court that they had plans to deport him to a third country apart from the U.S. and El Salvador.

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In June, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin promised that Garcia would never be set free in the U.S.

"Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a dangerous criminal illegal alien. We have said it for months and it remains true to this day: he will never go free on American soil," she wrote.

Garcia and his wife have denied that he's a member of the criminal gang.

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MS-13 thug convicted of butchering boy sues Trump over transgender EO



Non-straight activists have filed numerous lawsuits in hopes of blocking the implementation of President Donald Trump's Executive Order 14168, which made it the policy of the United States to recognize the biological reality and immutability of the two sexes and to protect women from "gender ideology extremism."

A murderous foreign national recently added his complaint to the pile.

Oscar Contreras Aguilar was one of 11 members and associates of the terrorist gang Mara Salvatrucha, otherwise known as MS-13, indicted on June 22, 2018, in the Eastern District of Virginia in connection with the savage murders of two teen boys, ages 14 and 17. WTTG-TV reported at the time that 10 of the 11 MS-13 thugs were illegal aliens.

Aguilar further complained that thanks to Trump, prison guards are identifying him as a man, using the appropriate pronouns ... and leaving him 'crying a lot.'

The remains of the victims, who were reported missing in the summer of 2016, were found buried in Holmes Run Park in Fairfax County.

The MS-13 terrorists killed the older victim, figuring him for a member of a rival gang. When they subsequently killed the younger victim, whom they believed was cooperating with law enforcement, the terrorists reportedly filmed their butchery, which was carried out with multiple weapons including a kitchen knife and a machete.

Aguilar was initially charged with conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to kidnap, then later slapped with two additional charges: capital murder in aid of racketeering and kidnapping resulting in death.

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Now a few years into his 252-month sentence, Aguilar is suing Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and William Marshall, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The 27-year-old MS-13 terrorist, now a transvestite who calls himself Fendii G. Skyy, seeks to prevent the implementation of the president's Jan. 20 executive order titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government."

Trump's order rejected gender ideology; prohibited the use of federal funds to promote transgenderism or sex change procedures; and instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to ensure "that males are not detained in women’s prisons or housed in women’s detention centers."

In his prisoner complaint filed on July 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Aguilar makes a long list of demands, including a "preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining defendants from enforcing and/or implementing Trump's executive order No. 14168 as to plaintiff; declaratory relief stating Trump's executive order No. 14168 is discriminatory and persecutes transgender people; and [sic] order striking down Trump's executive order No. 14168 as discriminatory and unconstitutional; preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining defendants and BOP from discontinuing plaintiff's gender-affirming care"; an injunction against prison guards using his proper male pronouns; and an order requiring prison officials to let him to continue to wear women's underwear and cosmetics.

The complaint indicates that Aguilar, who has been in federal custody since 2017 and is now supposedly suicidal, has been receiving cross-sex medical interventions since July 2024 and currently receives testosterone blockers and estrogen. However, the complaint suggested that as a direct result of Trump's executive order, Aguilar is set to be cut off of the hormone-altering drugs.

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Aguilar further complained that thanks to Trump, prison guards are identifying him as a man, using the appropriate pronouns, subjecting him to the same treatment as other male prisoners, and leaving him "crying a lot."

While now trying to play the victim, Aguilar has willingly played the villain in many a story.

Reduxx reported that Aguilar admitted to the FBI that he became a member of the Park View clique after committing multiple murders in El Salvador on behalf of MS-13. In the case of 14-year-old Sergio Triminio — the boy founded buried in Fairfax County — it was Aguilar who ordered the murder.

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