Update alert! We are giving y’all the latest on Kilmar Abrego Garcia today - he is back in the U.S., but things are still rough AF, to say the very least. The U.S. government brought Abrego Garcia back from CECOT (El Salvador’s mega-prison) to charge him federally of a crime, and he is facing trial in Nashville as we speak. In case you weren’t following this sitch already, we pull from a VERY reliable source (ourselves) from mid-April to provide the context throughout, so don’t even worry. We know this won’t be the last thing that happens on this case or regarding Mr. Abrego Garcia, so we’ll continue to keep an eye on things, and we urge y’all to do the same.

Also, we start this ep with a *very* unserious complaint from Abby, but you know, the Bojangles to immigrant rights discussion pipeline is extremely RSR coded.

In summary: is this what American justice looks like? We hope not, but fear so…

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SOURCES:

Belson, Dan, and Jeff Barker. 2025. “Maryland Senator Says Abrego Garcia ‘Kidnapped’ After El Salvador President Refuses to Return Him.” Baltimore Sun, April 15. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/04/14/kilmar-abrego-garcia-chris-van-hollen/

Dwyer, Devin, and Laura Romero. 2025. “Lawyer for Wrongly Deported Maryland Man Says It Might Take Contempt Order to Get Him Back.” ABC News. April 14. https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyer-wrongly-deported-maryland-man-contempt-order-back/story?id=120787771

Erskine, Ellena. 2025. “Noem V. Abrego Garcia - SCOTUSblog.” SCOTUSblog. April 14. https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/noem-v-abrego-garcia/

Finley, Ben. 2025. “Abrego Garcia Lawyers Ask Federal Judge to Fine the Trump Administration.” AP News. June 12. https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-contempt-fines-trump-3a8511d876f3989cac29da93f8f86f1f

Feuer, Alan. 2025. “What to Know About the Deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.” The New York Times, April 14. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/abrego-garcia-trump-deportations-el-salvador.html

Ordoñez, Franco. 2025. “El Salvador’s Bukele Says ‘preposterous’ to Suggest He Return Abrego Garcia to U.S.” NPR, April 14. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5364502/trump-bukele-el-salvador-deportation

Quinn, Melissa, Jacob Rosen, and Nicole Valdes. 2025. “Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Wrongly Deported to El Salvador, Brought Back to U.S. to Face Human Smuggling Charges.” CBS News. June 7. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-indicted-us-el-salvador/

Wendling, Mike. 2025. “Kilmar Ábrego García Pleads Not Guilty in Human Trafficking Case.” June 13. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglerezp43no