J.D. Vance: Wrongly deported man was no 'father of the year' partly due to traffic tickets

Vice President J.D. Vance defended mistakenly deporting a man to El Salvador by claiming he wasn't "father of the year" because he had traffic violations.

During an interview with Fox News, Vance was asked about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, and others who the White House has admitted were wrongly deported to El Salvador despite not being a member of a gang.

"Well, there have been a few cases out there where the Democrats and the media say, oh, this person was just an innocent father of three, and then you find out, for example, I think this is the case that you're talking about," Vance told host Lawrence Jones. "Back in 2019, an immigration judge looked at all the evidence, looked at all the data, and concluded that this allegedly innocent person that we sent to El Salvador was actually a member of an MS-13 gang."

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"He had also committed some traffic violations," he continued. "This is not exactly father of the year here. This is a person that we don't think should be in our country."

"They just took issue with the reasoning for why we deported this person... We do not ask permission from far-left Democrats before we deport illegal immigrants."

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