RMT London Transport Region has adopted the following resolution.
Support Kilmar. Support justice. Stand with SMART Local 100.
Notes:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was unlawfully detained and forcibly deported by ICE agents on March 12, 2025, while driving home from work as a sheet metal apprentice with his son.
Abrego Garcia fled El Salvador after enduring threats and extortion from the violent Barrio 18 gang. These threats were so severe that a U.S. immigration judge granted him legal protection in 2019.
He is said to be imprisoned in El Salvador’s CECOT prison, infamous for inhumane conditions, torture, and gang violence.
On Thursday, April 10, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision that backed a federal judge’s order requiring the government to facilitate the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States.
The Trump administration has defended his deportation, calling him a terrorist and gang member.
A campaign to bring him home is being run by his union, Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation (SMART).
This is a wider part of the Trump administration’s anti-migrant policies and increase in deportations. This represents the dangerous tactics of the Trump administration to forgo due process and human rights in pursuit of his populist, racist agenda.
Here in the UK, Labour ministers have also promised to increase immigration raids on workplaces. Such raids are an attack on workers and have previously been used to undermine trade union organisation and even deport union activists.
Resolves:
- Send a statement of support to Abrego Garcia and his union, SMART.
- Support demonstrations and public events calling for his release.
- Support further activity of the American labour movement in countering deportations.
- Follow SMART Union's example and stand up for our own members and our communities if and when they are threatened by immigration raids. This includes informing all our members of their rights in the event of a raid.
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