The Biden-era media may be fully back in the game of carrying water for criminal illegals, but Karoline Leavitt just reminded them that this isn’t 2020 anymore.
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt nuked the latest narrative being peddled by the legacy press—this time over the “tragic” deportation of a so-called Maryland father who, in reality, was a known MS-13 gang member and human trafficker.
Let’s break it down: the media—led by ABC News—is now running defense for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, claiming he was an innocent family man “wrongfully deported” due to an “administrative error.” According to their reporting, Garcia was stripped from his U.S. citizen wife and 5-year-old child, then dumped into El Salvador’s infamous CECOT mega-prison. Cue the tears, right?
Except here’s the part ABC and the rest of the activist press conveniently left out: Garcia was a member of MS-13, the ultra-violent gang that terrorizes communities across Central America and the U.S. He was also implicated in human trafficking operations. This isn’t just your average guy next door getting a parking ticket. This is a bad actor, and America is safer with him gone.
When pressed about it, Leavitt didn’t blink.
“The Trump Administration enforces the law, period,” she said. “This is a man with gang ties and involvement in trafficking. He doesn’t belong in the United States, he belongs exactly where he is. The only ‘error’ was that he wasn’t deported sooner.”
That’s the kind of clarity America hasn’t seen from a White House podium in years.
Press Secretary SHUTS DOWN fake news hoax that Trump deported an innocent Maryland father:
FACT 1: The individual was a member of the vicious MS-13 gang which Trump designated a foreign terrorist organization
FACT 2: He was involved in human trafficking
FACT 3: Foreign… pic.twitter.com/6BOKZTya1v
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 1, 2025
Naturally, the media couldn’t resist turning the story into another sob piece to prop up their open-borders agenda. They even ran quotes from Garcia’s lawyers, claiming there’s “not an iota of evidence” tying him to criminal activity. Right—just like the “mostly peaceful” protests that burned down cities.
Let’s be honest: this entire media narrative is designed to do one thing—paint President Trump’s firm border policy as “cruel” while conveniently ignoring the real cruelty that gang members like Garcia bring to our neighborhoods.
MS-13 isn’t a myth. They are a blood-soaked reality in too many American cities. And Trump’s zero-tolerance policy toward criminal illegals is what finally started to turn the tide. CECOT prison in El Salvador, where Garcia was sent, is exactly where his kind belongs. It’s one of the most secure, no-nonsense mega-prisons on earth—built by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to house gang monsters who’ve preyed on innocent people for far too long.
So the real question is: why is the U.S. media so hell-bent on defending MS-13?
The truth is, the Left doesn’t want border security. They want open borders, endless waves of illegal migration, and a voting base they can manipulate. That’s why they rush to the defense of every deported criminal with a sob story and a lawyer, no matter how dangerous they are.
But under President Trump and leaders like Karoline Leavitt, the law is back. And the American people are watching. Criminals who don’t belong here will be removed—regardless of how many crocodile tears the press tries to shed.