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Under Trump, America is becoming unrecognisable

Under Trump, America is becoming unrecognisable

Understatement and confidence, decency and expectation; that certain idea of America for which the country was once so admired, is evaporating.

Under Donald Trump, what we understood to be certain idea of America is now evaporating. Getty

Even by the ugly standards of this administration, the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia stands out.

A Salvadoran migrant and metal worker in Maryland with no criminal record other than traffic violations and illegal entry into the country, he was arrested by immigration authorities in March and deported to one of the notorious prisons of his homeland, in contravention of a US immigration judge’s order.

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Bret Stephens
Bret StephensContributorBret Stephens is a columnist for The New York Times.

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