US President Donald Trump will meet El Salvador President Naive Buquel in Washington, DC on April 14, 2025 at the White House oval office. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON – El Salvador President Naive Buquel said Monday that the United States will not return a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a mega prison in Central America, he said Monday when he visited an oval office.
Sitting by President Donald Trump, Bukel told reporters, “Of course I’m not going to do that.”
Executives attending the meeting defended the deportation of Kilmer Armando Abrego Garcia, an native of El Salvador.
administration Recognised A court application that he accidentally deported Abrego Garcia of Bertlesville, Maryland.
“If they want to return him, it’s up to El Salvador. That won’t go to us,” Attorney General Pam Bondy said.
“If they want to return him, we’ll promote it, give it meaning and provide the plane,” she added.
The Supreme Court issued a 9-0 decision stating the Trump administration on Thursday You need to “promote” Return of Abrego Garcia.
US immigration and customs enforcement deported Abrego Garcia among about 260 Venezuelan men on March 15th.
Ice Agent arrested Abrego Garcia near Baltimore while driving his 5-year-old son home on March 12th. “I was called and instructed to appear there within ten minutes to win my five-year-old son AAV,” said Jennifer Vasquez Sula, a US citizen. Submit.
According to the filings, Garcia has no criminal history in the United States, El Salvador or other countries.
The Trump administration has paid $6 million to the Salvadoran government to detain men. Spark Questions Regarding whether payments violate U.S. human rights law.
Many Venezuelan men’s lawyers maintain their clients He wasn’t a member of the gang.
Trump caused deportation under the Alien Enemy Act of 1798, particularly targeting Venezuelans over the age of 14 who the administration suspected had connections with gang Tren de Lagua.
Trump also told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that he would like to export “in-law” criminals like American citizens to El Salvador, and hopes that Bukkel will be willing to help build more mega prisons.
“I want to include them in a group of people and get them out of the country, but you have to see the laws about it,” Trump said.
Rubio and Miller protect deportation
The administration argues that the immigration court linked Abrego Garcia to the violent Salvadoran gang MS-13 in 2019 but did not mention the protection order granted to Abrego Garcia that year by an immigration judge.
In addition to Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House, Stephen Miller, defended Abrego Garcia’s deportation and his refusal to cooperate with court orders to bring him back to the United States.
Miller said the unanimous Supreme Court decision on Friday had justified on the side of the administration.
“This was a 9-0 decision in favor of our district court that no district court has the authority to force US foreign policy functions,” Miller told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday.
“The judgment stated that if this individual is sent back to our country at El Salvador’s sole discretion, he could be deported for a second time.
Buquel said the idea that El Salvador would return Abrego Garcia is “absurd.”
“How can I smuggle terrorists into the US? I don’t have the power to bring him back to the US,” Bukel said.
State Department specified MS-13 as a foreign terrorist organization in February.
Rubio said he didn’t understand “what is confusion?”
“This individual is a citizen of El Salvador. He was illegally in the United States and was returned to his country,” Rubio said, adding that “US foreign policy was carried out by the President of the United States, not by the court.”
Chuck Schumer, a leader in the democratic Senate minority, issued a statement Monday calling Bukere’s comments “pure nonsense.”
“The law is clear and legitimate procedures have been severely violated, and the Supreme Court clearly said the Trump administration must promote and influence the return of Kilmer Abrego Garcia, who should be returned to the United States soon.
“The due process and the rule of law are not dangerous and outrageous, but the cornerstone of similar American associations of citizens and non-civil society. A threat to one person is a threat to everyone,” Schumer said.
Daily updates
The Abrego Garcia case involves federal courts.
That’s what the government was like order On Friday, after a standoff in court, we will provide daily updates on Abrego Garcia’s physical position and position, as well as measures taken by the administration or plans to take to promote his return.
Abrego Garcia’s wife I sued Last month, Christie Noem and immigrant officials from the Maryland area’s Department of Homeland Security alleged that her husband had not undergone legitimate procedures and that his removal was illegal.
District Judge Paula Sinis ordered the Trump administration to return Abrego Garcia to the United States by April 7th.
The federal court of appeals unanimously upheld the lower court’s order of April 7th. The Trump administration missed the deadline and immediately called for a Supreme Court emergency.
The High Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that the administration must “promote” Abrego Garcia’s return, but stopped demanding his return and did not give a deadline. The court also ordered Xinis to clarify the language in the lower court’s decision to test whether the court has overreached foreign affairs.
