Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Steele raised an eyebrow Friday about the Trump administration's dedication to preventing Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a mistakenly deported man held in El Salvador, from returning to the U.S.

Steele, in an essay published by MSNBC, called President Trump's playbook on the matter "an attempt to normalize the extrajudicial deportation of undocumented immigrants like Abrego Garcia and perhaps even U.S. citizens."

The majority of his criticism was lavished at Vice President Vance, who earlier this month pushed back on arguments that Abrego Garcia wasn't given due process, which is required under the Fifth Amendment. Vance doubled down on the

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