While the Trump administration is taking long-overdue to steps to deport violent, illegal immigrants from the United States, former presidential candidate and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is banking on Americans supporting the opposite.
And she’s going to shame you if you think otherwise.
Clinton has thrown her support behind Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the accused MS-13 gang member and alleged domestic abuser who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, using him as a platform to essentially advocate for illegal immigration.
“Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism,” the former secretary of state wrote in a Wednesday X post:
“If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone,” Clinton continued. “Americans of conscience must stand against this now.”
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.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 16, 2025
The mainstream media has propped up Garcia’s story as a good man who does not have any history of being in violent gangs — or being in the country illegally.
However, what Clinton and many others are glossing over are the facts about Garcia that led to his deportation.
Abrego Garcia, 29, entered the United States illegally when he was 16 years old and has resided in Maryland with his wife, an American citizen, who accused him of physically abusing her in 2021.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia had a history of violence and was not the upstanding “Maryland Man” the media has portrayed him as.
According to court filings, Garcia’s wife sought a domestic violence restraining order against him, claiming he punched, scratched, and ripped off her shirt,… pic.twitter.com/FpSV0k3i90
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 16, 2025
According to court documents shared online by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Jennifer Vasquez Sura sought an order of protection after her husband allegedly punched and scratched her and ripped off her clothes.
Vasquez Sura, an American citizen who has one child with Abrego Garcia and two from a previous relationship, responded to the publication of her allegations in a statement to Newsweek.
“After surviving domestic violence in a previous relationship, I acted out of caution following a disagreement with Kilmar by seeking a civil protective order, in case things escalated,” she claimed.
“Things did not escalate, and I decided not to follow through with the civil court process. We were able to work through the situation privately as a family, including by going to counseling.”
“Our marriage only grew stronger in the years that followed. No one is perfect, and no marriage is perfect,” Vasquez Sura continued.
“But that is not a justification for ICE’s action of abducting him and deporting him to a country where he was supposed to be protected from removal. Kilmar has always been a loving partner and father, and I will continue to stand by him and demand justice for him.”
On top of being an alleged abuser, DHS reported that Abrego Garcia was arrested with “rolls of cash and drugs” on him along with “two other members of MS-13”:
1. When Garcia was arrested he was found with rolls of cash and drugs.
2. He was arrested with two other members of MS-13.
3. Two judges found that he was a member of MS-13. That finding has not been disturbed.
4. When arrested he was wearing what is effectively MS-13’s uniform. pic.twitter.com/iDY7jP371Y— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) April 16, 2025
“Two judges found that he was a member of MS-13. That finding has not been disturbed, said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
“When arrested, he was wearing what is effectively MS-13’s uniform.”
In October 2019, Abrego Garcia requested asylum in the United States and was denied by a federal immigration judge, but he was granted protection from deportation to El Salvador based on claims that he feared persecution from Barrio 18, a rival gang of MS-13.
In March of this year, he was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents near Baltimore and taken into custody, where he was mistakenly placed on a flight with hundreds of other deportees to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, which galvanized the narrative around Garcia’s case.
Clinton is not the only Democrat aligning herself with illegal migrants like Garcia.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) took time away from his job to travel to El Salvador this week to advocate for Abrego Garcia’s release.
DHS slammed Van Hollen on X, accusing him of caring about an “MS-13 gang member, human trafficker and illegal alien” more than his constituents:
Senator Van Hollen has done more to bring a MS-13 gang member, human trafficker and illegal alien back to Maryland than he has to help keep his American constituents safe or advocate for the victims of these vicious gangs like MS-13. ⁰⁰While Senator Van Hollen and the… https://t.co/nZacQJAFzW
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 16, 2025
Just remember, you don’t have a conscience if you think the actions of Garcia are okay.
At least according to Hillary.