In a high-profile diplomatic moment, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) confirmed Thursday night that he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration in March despite a 2019 court order barring his removal. Van Hollen said the meeting, which …
Read More »Maryland Senator Denied Visitation With Wrongly Deported Man in El Salvador
Sen Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday he was denied a meeting with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador-born Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in his home country notorious for human rights abuses. The Maryland Democrat met with El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa in the …
Read More »Judge: ‘Nothing has been done’ by Trump Officials to Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man
A federal judge in Maryland on Tuesday ordered a defiant Trump administration to provide evidence about how it has tried to secure the release of an immigrant mistakenly deported to a brutal mega-prison in El Salvador, saying that to date, the record shows “nothing has been done.” District Judge Paula …
Read More »President of El Salvador Refuses to Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man to the U.S.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele won’t return a Maryland man the United States erroneously deported to a mega-prison in his Central American country, he said Monday during a visit to the Oval Office. Sitting beside President Donald Trump, Bukele told reporters, “Of course I’m not going to do it.” Administration …
Read More »Supreme Court Orders Trump Administration to Facilitate Return of Wrongly Deported Maryland Man
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite legal protections preventing his removal. The decision comes after a series of legal missteps and amid mounting criticism of the administration’s …
Read More »Trump DOJ asks U.S. Supreme Court to Block Order to Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Man
The Trump administration made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to strike down a lower court’s order that immigration officials return a Maryland man erroneously deported to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that, despite an error …
Read More »Trump Administration Admits to Wrongful Deportation of Salvadoran Man
The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that an “administrative error” led to the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man legally protected from removal. Despite admitting the mistake, the administration is refusing to facilitate his return to the U.S. Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, was …
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