WHY KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA IS STILL IMPORTANT. Consider two recent stories about illegal immigration. The first is the continuing saga of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran who illegally crossed the border and is charged with human smuggling in Tennessee; who has been credibly accused of membership in the violent, transnational gang MS-13; and whose wife filed a domestic violence complaint seeking protection against him.

The latest news is that United States authorities offered Abrego Garcia a deal regarding the human smuggling charge: plead guilty and be deported to Costa Rica after serving his sentence. There, authorities said, he could live as a legal resident in “a Spanish-speaking country that is regarded as the safest in Latin America,” as the Washington Post put........

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