The Department of Homeland Security is accusing the media of continuing to “peddle” a “sob story” in connection with deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s legal complaint concerning his claims of “graphic torture and abuse” he allegedly suffered after he was deported to El Salvador’s CECOT maximum security prison. 

“Once again the media is falling all over themselves to defend Kilmar Abrego Garcia,” DHS posted on X Thursday, along with a screen grab from a Politico headline about his claims. 

“This illegal alien is an MS-13 gang member, alleged human trafficker, and a domestic abuser. The media’s sympathetic narrative about this criminal illegal gang member has completely fallen apart, yet they continue to peddle his sob story,” the DHS post added. “We hear far too much about gang members and criminals’ false sob stories and not enough about their victims.”

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