Vance wallops Obama bro for peddling false deportation sob story

The Atlantic framed a story to make President Donald Trump look like the evil dictator they desperately wish he were, but ended up ensnaring an unsuspecting Trump-hating ally instead.

Atlantic Deputy Editor Yoni Appelbaum announced on X that the Trump administration had “mistakenly deported a Maryland father to a notorious Salvadoran prison” with no way to bring him back.

Sounds like a huge and tragic mistake, right? Not so fast.

As it turns out, there are people who read the details, and this “Maryland father” happens to be an illegal alien from El Salvador who was also believed to have been a member of the violent MS-13 gang.

“However, he then filed an asylum claim and obtained a withholding of removal order under the convention against torture,” AGHamilton29 explained on X after reading the court filings. “Essentially, he argued that despite his being here illegally and likely being a gang member based on the previous finding, he could be tortured if sent back to El Salvador. Such an order could still allow the government to deport him, but not to his home country, at least not without first contesting the order.

“He has been using that order since 2019 to avoid deportation.

“With that context, referring to him just as a “Maryland father” obviously does not tell the full story. And The Atlantic reporter cites the lawyer to downplay the previous finding of MS-13 ties, which I view as an unreliable source.

“However, it also does not change that the Trump admin, emphasizing government incompetence, screwed up by deporting him to the country he wasn’t supposed to be deported to based on the 2019 order. This highlights the need for checks in this program,” AGHamilton29 concluded.

I just read the court filings to get the full context (which may not satisfy either side):

The man is an illegal migrant from El Salvador. In 2019, ICE presented sufficient evidence that he was a member of the MS-13 gang for an immigration judge to deny him bond and order his… https://t.co/Xb9VY39KG8

— AG (@AGHamilton29) April 1, 2025

AG’s report garnered a lot of feedback and discussion on X:

That’s just what the immigration attorneys say. But they are not reliable. I’ve found they almost always omit unfavorable facts when talking to reporters. We would need the full record from the original removal proceeding, but we know the judge back then was satisfied enough w…

— AG (@AGHamilton29) April 1, 2025

Meanwhile, Obama wingman Jon Favreau didn’t partake in thoughtful debate or discussion and instead used the story as a “gotcha” moment against Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and DOGE head Elon Musk.

“Any comment?” Favreau asked while peddling the misleading story.

Any comment on this, @marcorubio? How about you, @JDVance? @elonmusk?

You just admitted to accidentally sending an innocent father from Maryland to a torture dungeon in El Salvador. And you refuse to do anything about it. https://t.co/TCykWFQH4Z

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) April 1, 2025

Unfortunately for Favreau, Vance did have a comment. And it was a doozy.

My comment is that according to the court document you apparently didn’t read he was a convicted MS-13 gang member with no legal right to be here.

My further comment is that it’s gross to get fired up about gang members getting deported while ignoring citizens they victimize. https://t.co/cPnloeyXYk

— JD Vance (@JDVance) April 1, 2025

Vance received plenty of support on X:

Our @VP is absolutely right. The “father” in question is a known MS-13 gang member and a criminal with a large violent record.

It’s so sad when this “journalist” forgets to include all the facts. pic.twitter.com/Y9IdiFkg5M

— Tom Navarro (@NavarroThinker) April 1, 2025

If you are worrying about a convicted MS-13 gang member being deported. You are just virtue signaling because you hate Trump or you really are not very bright.

— Eric Pistey (@shawnpisteySC) April 1, 2025

Why be a lying sack of shit about it, Jon? He’s not a “Maryland father”. He’s an illegal immigrant with gang affiliations.

And now he’s a foreigner in a foreign land and so no longer our concern. https://t.co/wtRHYiX2P9

— Mark Noonan (@Mark_E_Noonan) April 1, 2025

Democrats brag every day about being the better educated of the two main parties … yet every chance they get, they prove they’re borderline illiterate.

Do they just read the headlines, or what? pic.twitter.com/OhOhXDCKHD

— The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) April 1, 2025

Why are people supporting MS-13 gang member in the US?

Who are the people supporting such nonsense?
Who is paying these people?
Find the source of payments at all levels.

— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) April 1, 2025

Excellent questions.

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