Attorney General Pam Bondi has suspended a Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyer for not arguing strenuously enough on behalf of President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport dangerous illegal aliens.
Erez Reuveni was placed on indefinite paid leave over his performance in a case against allowing an illegal alien deported to El Salvador back into the U.S.
Reuveni was suspended by AG Bondi for not “zealously advocating” the government’s position.
The attorney told the court that the U.S. government made a mistake when it deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien MS-13 gang member living in Maryland, last month.
At a hearing on Friday, a judge ruled that Garcia must be returned to the U.S. by Monday.
“At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,” Bondi told the New York Times.
“Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences.”
The Trump administration launched an emergency appeal on Saturday.
The DOJ is arguing that U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis does not have the authority to force the administration to return Garcia to the U.S.
“Late Friday afternoon, a federal district judge ordered the United States to force El Salvador to send one of its citizens – a member of MS-13, no less – back to the United States,” the government wrote.
“If there was ever a case for an emergency stay pending appeal, this would be it.”
The government no longer has “control” over Garcia after he was deported, the DOJ further argued.
Nevertheless, “the court’s injunction commands that Defendants accomplish, somehow, Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States in give or take one business day,” the appeal said, calling it “indefensible.”
The DOJ asserts that Garcia was a member of the bloodthirsty MS-13 street gang.
However, Garcia has denied this, according to other reports.
In fact, an immigration judge ruled five years ago that Garcia could not be deported because he would be in danger from gang activity in El Salvador.
Garcia entered the country in 2011.
At the time of his deportation, he was married to an American citizen and had a child.
He was also working as a sheet metal fabricator.
Authorities tracked Garcia down to an IKEA parking lot, where he was detained.
In an NPR interview on Monday, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tricia McLaughlin said that multiple judges had viewed classified information.
This information confirmed that Garcia was an MS-13 gang member.
“I think the bottom line for the American people and for those who are listening today is that this individual in question, who’s an MS-13 gang member, he should be behind bars, whether it be in El Salvador or in a U.S. detention facility,” she said.
“He should not be on the streets of America.
“And to remind listeners, MS-13 is a gang that murders, rapes, traffics drugs.
“They maim for sport.
“These are individuals we do not want in our country, especially those who are here illegally.”
Garcia is claiming that his marriage to an American citizen should allow him to escape deportation after entering the country illegally.
However, a green card doesn’t give foreign nationals a free pass to commit crimes and acts of violence against the United States and the American people.
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