Sorry, I'm not shedding any tears for this guy, who was described as a danger to his community.

You should. The reason we provide due process for bad guys isn't to benefit the bad guys. It's mostly so that when the government is doing something wrong to good guys by mistake, it's available for them, too. It's also because providing due process is the sign of being one of the just nations - it benefits all of us when we provide a fair system to even the worst among us.

Finally, the fact that they got this wrong - even though it was literally in his file and known to the government - should cause you to at least question whether they got every single other case right. That every one of those folks they disappeared into El Salvador was, in fact, an actual gang member that posed a danger to their community. That there were no cases of mistaken identity, or inadequate evidence, or administrative mistakes.

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