El Salvador President Says that He Will Not Return Wrongful Deportee

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the U.S. government’s request to reverse a district court order requiring the administration to “facilitate and effectuate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the U.S. government admits was wrongfully removed from the United States. “The judge had issued the order in response to a lawsuit filed by Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who was living in Maryland and has had a work permit since 2019, and his family challenging the legality of his deportation.”

Yesterday saw the latest news in the case.  President Donald Trump had a public meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.  They discussed the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

“Trump administration officials and Bukele said Abrego Garcia would not be returned to the US, four days after the US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return.”

Is there a constitutional crisis brewing?

On the same day, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem claimed to “set the record straight about Kilmar Abrego Garcia in light of misleading mainstream media reports.

`This was just one of those examples of an individual that is a MS-13 gang member, multiple charges and encounters with the individuals here, trafficking in his background, was found with other MS-13 gang members—very dangerous person, and what the liberal left and fake news are doing to turn him into a media darling is sickening,’ said Secretary Noem.”

On the same day, President Trump raised the possibility of imprisoning violent U.S. citizens in El Salvador.

KJ