Trump Administration Says It’s Not Required To Work w/ El Salvador To Return Man Wrongfully Deported, Despite Supreme Court Ruling

Trump Administration Says It’s Not Required To Work w/ El Salvador To Return Man Wrongfully Deported, Despite Supreme Court Ruling

The Trump administration is seemingly defying a court order.

Donald Trump’s DOJ said in a Sunday (Apr. 13) court filing that it’s not required to work with El Salvador to bring back Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, even after the Supreme Court upheld a judge’s order for the U.S. to “facilitate” his return.

“The federal courts have no authority to direct the Executive Branch to conduct foreign relations in a particular way,” DOJ lawyers wrote, arguing that the U.S. only needs to remove domestic obstacles, not work directly with foreign governments.

Abrego Garcia fled g@ng violence over a decade ago and was granted protected status in 2019, which barred his deportation to El Salvador. However, ICE now claims he’s tied to MS-13 and was sent to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison last month.

A senior State Department official confirmed that he “is alive and secure in that facility,” but there’s still no word on how or if he’ll be returned to the U.S.

 

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VIA: Fox 5 D.C.