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In reply to the discussion: Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause order to return man deported to El Salvador in error [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(174,739 posts)12. Trump asks Supreme Court to block order returning deportee from El Salvador
This is getting fun to watch
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/07/trump-deportee-mistake-supreme-court-abrego-garcia/
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court order requiring officials to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
The emergency motion came after U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis gave the administration until 11:59 p.m. Monday to return Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran immigrant who is married to a U.S. citizen.
Abrego García has been detained at a mega-prison in El Salvador since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him last month, despite a court order forbidding it because he had fled death threats from gang members in his home country.
Trump officials have argued that they have no power to return Abrego García because he is now in the custody of El Salvador.
Xinis forcefully pushed back on that assertion Sunday, writing that the federal government does have the authority to return Abrego García and that Trump officials have offered no evidence he was a gang member. The judge noted that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem recently visited the Salvadoran prison and met with President Nayib Bukele and other officials, saying the jail remained a tool for U.S. immigration enforcement.
The emergency motion came after U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis gave the administration until 11:59 p.m. Monday to return Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran immigrant who is married to a U.S. citizen.
Abrego García has been detained at a mega-prison in El Salvador since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him last month, despite a court order forbidding it because he had fled death threats from gang members in his home country.
Trump officials have argued that they have no power to return Abrego García because he is now in the custody of El Salvador.
Xinis forcefully pushed back on that assertion Sunday, writing that the federal government does have the authority to return Abrego García and that Trump officials have offered no evidence he was a gang member. The judge noted that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem recently visited the Salvadoran prison and met with President Nayib Bukele and other officials, saying the jail remained a tool for U.S. immigration enforcement.
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Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause order to return man deported to El Salvador in error [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
OP
The 4th Circuit has *denied* the Trump administration's to stay order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to US
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
#1
The cruelty is also a big reason -- we are coming for everyone who is not a white male -- regardless of status
JT45242
Apr 2025
#9
This is unforgiveable. Worse thing I've ever known as an American. I'm so ashamed.
sinkingfeeling
Apr 2025
#3
Worse, it is not just him. Nowhere down the line did anyone but a single attorney refuse to do his bidding.
Wonder Why
Apr 2025
#11
Trump asks Supreme Court to block order returning deportee from El Salvador
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
#12
"no power to return Abrego Garca because he is now in the custody of El Salvador." --- Bullshit!
Norrrm
Apr 2025
#26
Court of Appeals scolds the Justice Department for penalizing the lawyers who argued the case
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
#17
Zealous advocacy was removed from the legal code of ethics around 15 years ago,
Ms. Toad
Apr 2025
#20
He is literally asking the courts to side with him even when he knows he's wrong
PortTack
Apr 2025
#19
or, if we deport someone illegally, have fun in an industrial human rights abuse center in a country you have nothing to
mahina
Apr 2025
#28
'This is a Path of Perfect Lawlessness': Court Condemns Trump Over Wrongful Deportation
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
#22
Chief Justice Roberts has indefinitely blocked the court order requiring Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return tonight.
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
#30
Roberts believes in taking away people due process rights and supports trump's "Path of Perfect Lawlessness" https://bsk
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
#31
'Don't look too much into it': Expert downplays SCOTUS ruling as MAGA cheers 'huge win!'
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2025
#32