What's Happening to Kilmar Abrego Garcia Could Happen to Any of Us
Boom! Lawyered
Rewire News Group
4.8 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Two, three, four. |
| 0:05.9 | Two, three, four. |
| 0:09.2 | Two, three, four. |
| 0:12.2 | Hello, fellow law nerds. |
| 0:13.9 | Welcome to another episode of Boom Lawyred, a Rewire News Group podcast hosted by the legal |
| 0:18.9 | journalism team that had an amazing time at their |
| 0:21.7 | live show in Washington, D.C. So much fun. So much fun. I'm ReWire News Group's editor at large, |
| 0:28.5 | Imani Gandy. And I'm Jess Peklo, ReWire News Group's executive editor. Rewire News Group is the one |
| 0:34.3 | and only home for expert repro journalism that inspires you to get on the horn with Congress and let them know we don't disappear people in this country. |
| 0:42.8 | And the boom laird podcast is part of that mission. |
| 0:45.3 | So a big thanks to our subscribers and a welcome to our new listeners. |
| 0:49.0 | And Amani said it. |
| 0:49.7 | We are back from a phenomenal trip to D.C. with our friends at feminist Buzzkill. So a big thanks to |
| 0:55.5 | the Black Cat and to everybody who came out. What a ride that was. Speak in a ride. What a segue. |
| 1:07.1 | Today we are talking about a case that combines every ingredient of this administration's |
| 1:13.9 | worst instincts, authoritarianism, cruelty, and a complete disregard for due process. |
| 1:21.7 | We're talking about Kilmar-Abrego Garcia, a man the United States government illegally deported, admitted they illegally |
| 1:30.0 | deported, and yet still refuses to bring back. And by refuses, I mean actively defying a |
| 1:37.6 | federal court directive. And by illegally deported, I mean kidnapped and trafficked. But it's not just about Obrigo Garcia. It's about |
| 1:47.0 | what his case represents. A Trump administration plan to build a prison pipeline outside the |
| 1:53.3 | reach of United States law. And let me just say this from the jump. We are not being dramatic here |
| 1:59.4 | at all. Trump has actually said the quiet part out loud. |
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