The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has shone a spotlight on the Democrat-linked legal industry that invests resources into shielding migrants from deportation, helping them find relief.

After entering the country illegally and evading law enforcement detection for years, Abrego Garcia was apprehended by immigration authorities in 2019 and, with the help of a lawyer, successfully claimed fear of deportation to his home country of El Salvador. Abrego Garcia, a suspected gang member, told a judge he was afraid of being persecuted by Barrio 18, the rival Salvadorian gang of MS-13.