How liberals mislead about deportations to delegitimize them

Published April 29, 2025 2:00pm ET



Liberal media and Democratic politicians are purposely misleading people about deportations. More specifically, they are trying to manipulate voters emotionally by leaving out key details about the people being deported or the circumstances of their deportations. This is because they view almost all deportations as illegitimate.

This has been most prevalent in the coverage of “Maryland man” Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Abrego Garcia has been painted as a “Maryland father” who was mistakenly deported, with the goal of such coverage being to convince people that he was legally living in Maryland and should never have been deported. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called the deportation an “illegal abduction.”

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