Donald Trump's White House social media account posted the image of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the administration illegally expelled from prisons in El Salvador with the blue theme of President Barack Obama's first presidential campaign. Instead of the word "hope", it means "MS-13".
"Ah, yes, it's a true classic. We call it...'Not Maryland Daddy'," the White House posted on X and Instagram on Saturday.
The photo doesn't make much sense, although it certainly fits the Trump administration's broader social media strategy for immigration.
An Instagram user commented under the post: "What is this account."
"White House," the official account replied.
Abrego Garcia was deported from Maryland to the notorious large prison in El Salvador in March, violating the “free from evacuation” order, prohibiting him from deporting to Central American countries.
A federal judge followed by the Supreme Court, ordering the Trump administration to bring him back, which has not done so yet, which has caused the prospect of a constitutional crisis. The government initially claimed that Abrego Garcia was deported. Instead of bringing him back to the United States, the government led a smear campaign against him, with the Department of Homeland Security claiming he was a member of the MS-13 gang.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told CBS last Wednesday that the Trump administration would expel Abrego Garcia for a second time if he is brought back to the United States.
"(Abrego Garcia) is not under our control," she said. "He is an El Salvador citizen. He is at home in his country. If he is to be brought back to the United States of America, we will immediately expel him again."
The next step depends on El Salvador, Nom said.
"President Trump and his administration comply with the courts and respect the courts and their rulings," she said. "This person is not within the jurisdiction of the United States of America, he is not one of our citizens. He is in his home country. It depends on what the country decides to do."
Noem's department recently exposed where Abrego Garcia's wife lived during a publicly publicly publicly held civil protection order by the Department of Homeland Security, which included her address, forced her to move with her three children to a safe house.
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Noem claimed on Fox News on Saturday that Abrego Garcia's wife might not even want him back to the United States and was just openly arguing about her past claims of domestic violence because she was afraid of him.
Abrego Garcia, who portrays Obama's campaign-style, is portrayed in a Social Media post, and the White House is linked to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, which states that Abrego Garcia is allegedly a suspected human trafficker. The basis for this statement is that he was caught up in speeding in 2022 and had eight other people in the car without luggage. He told state road soldiers that they were returning from construction projects. In the body shot of the traffic stop, the person in the passenger seat appears to be covered in paint. No charges were filed.
"The facts speak for themselves, their emphasis on human trafficking," Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement. "The media's sympathetic narrative of this criminal illegal gang member has completely collapsed. We have heard too many false SOB stories about gang members and criminals, and not enough for their victims."
Abrego Garcia, 29, came to the United States at the age of 16 after a gang threatened him and his family. In 2019, he was detained by immigration and customs law enforcement for accusing him of being a member of the gang. He married his pregnant wife in the detention center and was still in jail when she gave birth to a baby. An immigration judge then allowed him to live and work legally in the United States because he could face gang violence if he was to return to El Salvador.
Obama's original image was created in 2008 by activist Shepard Fairey and features the word "hope" at the bottom. It became an iconic portrait of the soon-to-be president.