This week, Trump openly defied a unanimous Supreme Court ruling to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to his family in Maryland after he was wrongfully deported to a prison in El Salvador.
All these deportations are wrong, but even the Trump administration admitted his deportation was an error, while still refusing to return him or end their cruel practices. Instead, in his meeting with El Salvador’s President Bukele on Monday, Trump said “you’ve got to build five more places” — mega-prisons for the U.S. residents and citizens that Trump would like to send there.1
As Jews, we are raising our voices with people across the country who are fighting for Kilmar — and everyone who has been disappeared — to demand urgent action from our elected leaders.
Add your name to the Jewish letter: Bring Kilmar Home and Fight for the Disappeared.
This morning, Senator Chris Van Hollen boarded a flight to El Salvador to personally fight to bring Kilmar home to his wife, son, and union colleagues who are advocating for his release.2 This is the kind of leadership we need.
We need leaders who will advocate for the safe return of abducted constituents, support their families in crisis, make unannounced visits to detention centers to shine a light on the conditions, and oppose any additional funding the Trump administration requests that would enable them to detain and deport more of our family, friends, and neighbors.
Sign on now — Jews Demand: Bring Kilmar Home and Fight for the Disappeared.
As Jews, we’ve seen this before: First they came for asylum seekers. Then they came for visa-holding students and activists, particularly those who are Muslim or Arab. Now this administration is saying it will come for American citizens.3
Thank you for adding your name to demand our political leaders protect our communities and our democracy from the assault of Trump’s disappearances.
Sources:
1. El Salvador President Bukele says he won’t be releasing a Maryland man back to the US, AP News
2. A Maryland dad was sent to El Salvador prison by mistake. Can his community get him back? USA Today
3. 'Homegrowns are next': Trump doubles down on sending American 'criminals' to foreign prisons, ABC News
