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The Supreme Court has ruled Donald Trump’s administration must “facilitate” the return of a wrongfully deported Maryland father imprisoned in a brutal El Salvador jail.
ICE agents deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month despite a court order blocking his removal from the country.
Officials conceded this occurred due to an “administrative error,” insisting it was impossible to bring him back.
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Joe Sommerlad11 April 2025 09:45
Supreme Court orders Maryland dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to US
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled Donald Trump’s administration must “facilitate” the return of a wrongfully deported Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia imprisoned in a brutal El Salvador jail.
With no noted dissents, Thursday’s unsigned order from the nation’s high court states that the administration “should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps.”
A lower court judge who ordered Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States must now “clarify” the ruling, “with due regard to the deference owed to the executive branch in the conduct of foreign affairs,” the justices noted.
That order “properly requires the government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador, and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador,” according to the court’s decision.
“The intended scope of the term ‘effectuate’ in the District Court’s order is, however, unclear, and may exceed the District Court’s authority.”
A separate statement from the court’s three liberal justices said “the proper remedy is to provide Abrego Garcia with all the process to which he would have been entitled had he not been unlawfully removed to El Salvador.”
Alex Woodward reports.
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