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[Opinion] Letters to the Editor: The 'banality of evil' described by political theorist Hannah Arendt is taking hold in the United States

On March 15, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador's CECOT prison, a consequence of an agreement between Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele for hard labor despite Garcia's credible fear of gang violence against his family.
In 2019, immigration courts halted Garcia's deportation due to a credible fear of gangs targeting his family, showing that his removal ignored an existing court order.
The U.S. Government admitted that Garcia's deportation was due to an "administrative error" but claimed it lacked power to return him, a statement criticized by Federal District Court Judge Paula Xinis.
The Supreme Court unanimously ordered the U.S. Government to facilitate Garcia's return to the U.S., yet compliance has not occurred due to a Supreme Court stay.

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Letters to the Editor: The 'banality of evil' described by political theorist Hannah Arendt is taking hold in the United States

'It can also be allowed to take hold because of the unquestioning obedience to a leader of bureaucrats who may not be inherently evil but have other selfish interests that cause them to overlook or disregard the dangerous intents of the person they serve.'

4 days ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The banality of "but"

Habited in the media jousts, yesterday as a communist leader, today as a political columnist, Olivier has guts and heart when it comes to defending his ideas. "I like to be contradicted!" could be his motto By leaving the studio of Europe 1, on March 23, after having reacted to the aggression of the Rabbi d'Orléans, Arié Engelberg, an odious act committed before the eyes of his young son, I again made the observation of a sad reality. Faced with…

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