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Do you mean Abrego Garcia? What's your source that he is "a legal resident alien" ?

This says he is illegal and shouldn't have been here in the first place: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/04/14/icymi-dhs-sets-record-st...

Or is there another person?

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He entered the US illegally when he was 16 but was granted a "withholding of removal" status by the judicial branch. He had no contact with law enforcement since then, aside from his annual check-ins with ICE. The Supreme Court unanimously concluded that he was deported illegally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Kilmar_Abrego_G...

A judge granted him ‘withholding of removal’ status, and SCOTUS has determined his removal unlawful.

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