How do we solve a problem like Garcia? MAGAReport 12/11/25

How extreme MAGA sees extrajudicial violence as the solution to immigration

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was ordered immediately released from ICE custody by a federal judge today. Since the Trump administration “accidentally” sent him to El Salvador’s infamous terrorism prison, he has been a focal point of Trump’s immigration policies.

For the last few months, talk on these forums has been almost exclusively celebrations of ICE activity and stories about how immigrants are all criminals. The discussion of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s news today is another one of those discussions. I think it is important to regularly remind ourselves how much this extreme corner of MAGA supports violence against anyone Trump deems an enemy and how they want it in defiance of laws, courts, and regulation. Here are some example comments on the story about the judge’s ruling:

• We should have killed this guy months ago. It would have saved us a lot of time and hassle while taking a violent criminal off the streets.
  Why is it that we can blow up foreign criminals/terrorists in international waters and abroad, but the moment they set foot on US soil, they’re entitled to an attorney, a trial, an appeals process, etc?

  • It baffles me how a criminal alien, involved in human trafficking, and open gang member doesn’t get the rope.

    • Why not have the cameras malfunction for a few minutes while he “hangs himself” like Jeffery Epstein did?

      • Criminal aliens charged with felonies should be under military court jurisdiction and justice.

      • You might run into some issues with that due to ex parte Milligan.

        Which is why I’d prefer to deny them a trial outright

    • Just a hundred years ago, regular people like you and me would have already hanged him from a tree...

      • 60 years ago.

        20 years ago no judge would dare do this.

        We’ve been conquered. There hypothetically and unfortunately needs to be a civil war to end this.

      • Revolution, not civil war.

        There’s a huge difference.

One person responded to this talk about why Garcia hasn’t been killed, saying, “Because we haven’t proved any of those things and deported him to a country over a court order not to?” That comment has been downvoted aggressively; the community does not like it. There is no discussion in favor of due process on the discssion.

I have been writing for over a year about the appetite for violence in these forums, especially against immigrants. These commenters are not policy makers, but it is still worrying that there is deep and persistent support for state violence, extra-judicial executions, and suspension of legal rights for perceived enemies.

While I do not see any evidence of planning for any violence in support of these beliefs right now, this community would likely jump at the chance to commit such violence if Trump encouraged it.