Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross quickly backpedaled when presented with the latest details about deported Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, claiming that the real issue was not his individual case, but the larger picture.
Cross made the comments during a panel discussion on CNN, responding to Shermichael Singleton’s point regarding Abrego-Garcia and whether or not the federal government should have deported him to El Salvador.
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This is hysterical. After @MrShermichael rattles off the newly revealed Kilmar Abrego-Garcia MS-13 and serial domestic abuse evidence to CNN panel —
— woke Tiffany Cross declares “we can’t make it about Kilmar. That’s just one person."
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— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 17, 2025
Singleton laid out a series of reasons that he believed Abrego-Garcia’s deportation was not only justifiable, but a “national security issue,” noting among other things that Maryland gang units had determined that he was a member of the violent Salvadoran street gang MS-13. In addition, more recent reports showed a history of allegations of domestic violence against his wife.
Noting that due process was obviously a concern, Singleton added, “I think there’s absolutely enough here to send this guy somewhere else. One, he’s already broken the law. We’ve already established that. Now you do have evidence that suggests he was a member or is a member of MS-13, he’s also a serial abuser. This is not the type of individual I don’t think any one of us would want in our country: he should be deported.”
Despite the fact that many Democrats have seized on Abrego-Garcia’s case — including Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), who has tried unsuccessfully to persuade Salvadoran authorities to either release Abrego-Garcia from custody or at least allow him visitation — Cross jumped in then to claim that it was not really about him.
“We can’t make it about Kilmar,” she complained. “That’s just one person.”
“But that’s the case we’re talking about,” Singleton pushed back.
“It is,” Cross agreed, but then complained that the discussion should be about “the macro, not the micro.”
Cross went on to claim that President Donald Trump’s administration has been “indiscriminately” rounding people up for deportation.
“They are randomly deporting people without due process,” she claimed.
