I was not long out of college and didn’t follow politics when this happened, don’t think I had even heard of this guy until your post.
So I just did a few minutes of research about him from various sources. No, he did not get due process but I know that sometimes when fighting actual terrorists we need to do things that might not totally follow due process. But I really don’t see any similarities with this guy and Abrego Garcia. That guy was a legit terrorist, and we had been investigating him for years, we didn’t arbitrarily decide he was a terrorist based on the word of a criminal informant and a report by a dirty cop. He helped inspire the Fort Hood attack. We have no evidence Abrego Garcia is a terrorist, even if he is in MS-13. MS-13 hasn’t attacked the US like Al-Qaeda did.
So yeah, I really don’t get this comparison. And it’d be especially ironic if anyone thought Awlaki should have gotten due process while simultaneously doesn’t care what happened to Abrego Garcia. What’s even more ironic is a couple months ago right wing news outlets such as the NY Post criticized USAID for “bankrolling” Awklaki’s college tuition. Yet that was before he showed any signs of being radicalized…