JOIN US FOR JUSTICE. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA
The next 50501 day of action is Saturday, April 19th.
As you may know, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported from Maryland despite a judge's ruling that it was unsafe for him to return to El Salvador. He fled gang violence in 2011, seeking safety and a future here in the United States. Since then, he built a life and family. He has a U.S. citizen brother, a wife, a five-year-old son with nonverbal autism, and two stepchildren, one with epilepsy and the other with autism. I can’t imagine the heartbreak those children are facing without their father. That life, that fatherhood, was ripped away when Kilmar was deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison known for inhumane conditions and human rights abuses.
Kilmar's family sued the Trump administration, and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government must facilitate his return. Even the Department of Justice acknowledged that his deportation was an “administrative error.” Yet, both the United States and El Salvador have refused to take any steps to bring him home. In the wake of a joint press conference between Donald Trump and President Bukele, many are questioning whether this was a simple error, or a politically motivated act. One thing is clear: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is now the victim of one man’s ego. We demand his return. We demand justice.
Join us in Monroe for our next 50501 action day on Saturday, April 19th for a peaceful candlelight vigil to protest a government that seems like it couldn't care about its people. To stand in support of a father and a family man who was ripped apart from his life as a casualty of the practices of our government, and to demand his return. Our voices, combined with hundreds of protests across the country this day will send a powerful message to the White House: We the people are not okay with this. We the people love this country too much to watch it fall, and we know that liberty and justice is worth working for.
Battery powered candles will be provided, we expect a peaceful gathering. It's starting on the south lawn of the Green County Courthouse, 7:30 PM. Join us! It takes a village.