Deportation

Wife of Deported Salvadoran Man Relocates After DHS Posts Address Online

APR 24 2025·Updated APR 25 2025

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Above: Jennifer Vasquez Sura during an interview at CASA offices in Hyattsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2025. Image credit: Michael S. Williamson/Contributor/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Facts

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of deported Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego Garcia, relocated her family to a "safe house" after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted her home address to its 2.4 million X followers when sharing a 2021 protective order document.
Huffington Post
Common Dreams
In an interview with The Washington Post, Vasquez Sura expressed fear for her children's safety following the address disclosure, particularly given the viral nature of the case and the range of public opinions being expressed about her husband's situation.
The Washington Post
The protective order, which Vasquez Sura filed in 2021 but dissolved a month later, stemmed from an incident in which her husband allegedly struck her amid an argument in a car, which she attributed to the strain of his immigration detention and being a parent without steady work. She later retracted the order.
Independent
Daily Mail
DHS defended the posting by stating these were public documents accessible to anyone, while continuing to characterize Abrego Garcia as a "violent" MS-13 gang member — an allegation he has denied.
Independent
Wsj
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis extended the Justice Department's deadline to April 30 to provide testimony and documents related to efforts to return Abrego Garcia to the United States.
Foxnews
ap
This comes as an internal memo — leaked by the New York Post and confirmed by DHS — said in 2022, Abrego Garcia was stopped while driving a vehicle owned by a convicted human smuggler while transporting eight individuals without luggage from Texas to Maryland.
New York Post

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The Spin

Left narrative

If anything proves Trump's disdain for human rights, it's this case. First, the White House wrongfully deported a legal U.S. resident, leaving his wife and children alone to face the wrath of Trump's justice system. Then, for no reason other than to intimidate them further, his DHS doxxes them, allowing any and all anti-immigrant fanatics access to their sensitive information.

The New Republic

Right narrative

The sympathetic coverage of Garcia in the liberal corporate media is by design — they refer to him as a "Maryland man" despite knowing he's an illegal alien from El Salvador; and they say he's a victim of racial bias despite strong evidence tying him to the designated terror group MS-13. Liberal politicians and journalists are carrying water for a man who shouldn't have been in America in the first place.

American Thinker

Metaculus Prediction

There is little coverage of Garcia's wife's address relocation in right-wing media, which is why only left-wing outlets are used for those facts. The Fox News and NYPost sources are included to show what the right is covering regarding Garcia's case.