Deported Ex-Trump Staffer’s Lawyer Calls Trump Deportation Force ‘Sloppy’ and ‘Sad’ on CNN

An attorney for former Trump golf club staffer Alejandro Juarez told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins that President Donald Trump’s deportation forces are “sloppy” and “sad” after his client was mistakenly deported to Mexico.

Trump’s Department of Homeland Security acknowledged they made a “mistake” when they deported Juarez, who worked at Trump’s golf club in Westchester for over a decade until he was fired in 2019 for being undocumented.

The agency said Juarez was “removed to Mexico early because he was put on the incorrect transport.”

On Thursday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, the anchor spoke to attorney Anibal Romero, who chalked his client’s predicament up to Stephen Miller’s aggressive deportation orders:

COLLINS: I know, he crossed the bridge and then called you. And I can’t even imagine what he had to say. ANIBAL ROMERO: Yes. I mean, look, I’ve been doing this for 20 years now, and it really is one of the craziest cases I’ve worked on.

One minute, I’m here waiting for a hearing following week.

And then I get a call from him, and he says, I’m in Mexico.

Mexico? We have a hearing in front of a judge.

And I went in front of the immigration judge. The judge had no idea what was happening. DHS had no idea what was happening. Obviously, we got an adjournment. They came back. They apologized. They sent me an email, We’re sorry. We made a mistake. We will try to bring him back.

He’s still in Mexico right now.

And it’s sad and it’s sloppy. And I feel that the problem we’re having here is that because we’re getting — because DHS is getting orders to try to arrest 3,000 people, this is what’s going to happen. We’re going to start getting sloppy.

It’s not about Alejandro. It’s — I understand people are going to say he’s illegal, he’s undocumented. No, this is about protecting legal permanent residents, American citizens. That’s why we have a process, right? We have to go in front of an immigration court, and prove that he’s not an American citizen before you send him to Mexico.

COLLINS: Do you believe it’s malicious or careless?

ROMERO: I think it’s careless. I mean, right now, I’m working with Department of Homeland Security. And credit to them, this is the first time I’ve heard that they’ve acknowledged it’s a mistake. They’re trying to bring him back.

It’s very rare for them to say, We made a mistake.

COLLINS: Yes.

ROMERO: They normally just say, Too bad, he’s undocumented.

But I think really what’s happening is DHS is struggling, because they’re getting orders from Stephen Miller to try to arrest 3,000 people. And DHS has limited resources. People make mistakes, and I think that’s why this needs to stop. It’s becoming chaos.

Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.