4.14.25 The Joe Mangiacotti show - Monday

The Joe Mangiacotti Show on Thursday, April 14th, 2025,

“When a judge tells the government to effectuate the return of a suspected MS-13 gang member — and the White House insists they were only supposed to facilitate it — folks, we’ve got a problem that goes way beyond grammar.”

This isn’t a typo in a text message or a slip of the tongue in a press conference — this is the United States government being ordered to potentially retrieve a man with ties to one of the most violent gangs on Earth… and we're quibbling over verbs.

Good morning, common-sense citizens. You’re listening to The Joe Mangiacotti Show, and I’m Joe Mangiacotti — coming to you from the center of the dial, the center of New England, and the center of common-sense conversation. AM 830 WCRN — Radio Central.

And this morning, we’re not just talking about immigration policy. We’re talking about national security, bureaucratic blunders, and the twisted logic of a legal system that sometimes seems more worried about the rights of criminals than the safety of Americans.

[Segment 1 – The Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia]

Here’s the story in plain English:

March 12 — ICE arrests Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a parking lot. His autistic son is in the car. A difficult situation already, right?

March 15 — Garcia is deported back to El Salvador.

Only one problem: He wasn’t supposed to be deported. In 2019, a judge ruled he couldn’t be sent back because he might face torture or persecution. That same ruling also labeled him a danger to the community, citing possible ties to MS-13 and even human trafficking.

So we’ve got a guy ICE believes is part of a vicious international gang — and now, due to what’s being called an “administrative error,” he’s out of the country, in the hands of foreign officials… and a federal judge says we have to bring him back?

Really?

The Supreme Court weighed in. They didn’t say we had to effectuate — actually bring him back — but that we had to facilitate his return. Legal hair-splitting? Maybe. But Judge Paula Xinis has now ordered the Trump administration to take “all available steps” to get this man back onto U.S. soil.

Here’s the catch: El Salvador has him. He’s in their custody. And the Trump administration missed the court’s Friday deadline to present a return plan, calling it “impractical.”

Impractical? That might be putting it lightly.

This isn’t a lost Amazon package. It’s a foreign national with gang ties, and we’re wrapped up in a bureaucratic tug-of-war over which verb to use?

Let me ask you — why would we fight to bring back someone our agencies believe is a human trafficker, a gang member, and a danger to our communities, who is currently detained by a foreign government?

If you’ve got an answer that makes sense — call me. Seriously. 508-556-4411.

[Segment 2 – Political Optics vs Public Safety]

Now let’s look at this from the po