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Abrego Garcia Has Been Moved From Prison, Van Hollen Says

(Newser) - Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Friday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia told him when they met in El Salvador that he's been moved from the prison he'd been held in for almost three weeks to a detention center with better conditions. Van Hollen provided details of the meeting...

Senator Meets With Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Chris Van Hollen is allowed contact after having first been kept away

(Newser) - After initially being denied a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen was allowed to meet with him Thursday night at the prison where the Maryland man is being held after he was wrongfully deported from the US. "I said my main goal...

Abrego Garcia 'Will Never Live in the US,' Says Press Secretary

Trump administration releases documents related to his 2019 arrest

(Newser) - The White House press secretary on Wednesday made it abundantly clear the Trump administration has no intention of "facilitating" Kilmar Ábrego García's return to the US after he was wrongly deported to his native El Salvador, despite the Supreme Court's order to that effect. "...

El Salvador Turns Away Senator Trying to See Prisoner

Vice president won't let Chris Van Hollen talk to the prisoner on the phone, either

(Newser) - Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with the vice president of El Salvador after flying there on Wednesday, but he was not allowed to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia—the purpose of his trip . The US Supreme Court has ruled that Abrego Garcia was in the US legally and should not have...

Senator Flying to El Salvador to Look for Abrego Garcia

Though it's not clear how far Chris Van Hollen of Maryland will be able to get

(Newser) - Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is headed to El Salvador Wednesday in an attempt to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, one of his constituents, who is being held in a prison there despite the fact that the Supreme Court has ruled he was legally in the US,...

Lawmakers Take Action After Trump Defies SCOTUS Order

Democrat lawmakers are vowing to go to El Salvador to check on Abrego Garcia

(Newser) - Now that it's clear that El Salvador's president has no plans to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US and President Trump has no plans to force him to do so, despite a Supreme Court ruling demanding otherwise , some Democrat lawmakers are stepping up with demands of their...

Trump to El Salvador President: 'Homegrown Criminals' Are Next

POTUS doubles down on comment to reporters

(Newser) - The Trump administration and El Salvador's president have made it clear that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will not be returned to the US after his mistaken deportation to his native country, despite the Supreme Court's ruling that he must be brought back. But another moment from President Trump's...

El Salvador Leader: No, I Won't Return Deportee

'Of course I'm not going to do it,' President Nayib Bukele says during White House visit

(Newser) - The president of El Salvador said Monday that he has no intention of returning a man deported from America by mistake . "Of course I'm not going to do it," said Nayib Bukele during a visit to the White House, reports the Washington Post . Bukele was referring to...

US Confirms Deportee to El Salvador Is Alive, Jailed

But there's no word on what the government is doing to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back

(Newser) - The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador. But the government's filing did not address the judge's demands that the administration detail what steps it was taking to...

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White House Misses Judge's Deadline on Deportee

Justice Department must now provide daily updates to the judge

(Newser) - The Justice Department did not abide by a judge's order to detail how it planned to retrieve a mistakenly deported man, saying it did not have enough time to comply by the Friday morning deadline. It's the latest back-and-forth over the plight of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was...

Supreme Court: Bring Back Man Mistakenly Deported

Administration concedes Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to Salvadoran prison by mistake

(Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed with a lower court judge on Thursday that the Trump administration should bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man sent by mistake to a prison in El Salvador, the Washington Post reports. The Justice Department had filed an emergency appeal after US District Judge Paula...

2 Federal Judges Block Alien Enemies Act Deportations

Rulings are a response to SCOTUS decision

(Newser) - Two federal judges—one in Texas, one in New York—have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act. The rulings were issued in response to Monday's Supreme Court decision that allowed deportations under the 18th-century wartime law, but said...

Chief SCOTUS Justice Pauses Order to Return Maryland Man

Justice Department claims judge exceeded authority with order on wrongly deported man

(Newser) - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The Justice Department argued in an emergency appeal to the justices that US District Judge Paula Xinis overstepped her...

Judge Orders US to Bring Salvadoran Deportee Back

Maryland man was taken to a foreign prison because of an 'administrative error'

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the US after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement expelled Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration judge's 2019 ruling...

US Says Maryland Man's Deportation Was in 'Error'

El Salvador native had legal status to be in the US when arrested

(Newser) - The Trump administration acknowledged Monday in a court filing that the deportation of a Maryland man to his native El Salvador last month was a mistake, reports Politico . The case involves Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had protected legal status to be in the US but was among three planeloads of...

Joe Rogan on Wrong People Getting Deported: 'Horrific'

It's 'bad for the cause,' podcaster says

(Newser) - A perhaps surprising person has spoken out—somewhat—against the Trump administration's mass deportations. Joe Rogan, the podcaster seen as pivotal to President Trump's appeal to younger voters (particularly male ones), addressed the topic on his podcast Saturday, bringing up the stories of people apparently misidentified as Venezuelan...

El Salvador Imprisons Another 17 US Deportees

The men were taken from Guantanamo

(Newser) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that another 17 immigrants, whom he described as gang members and "violent criminals," have been deported. The Salvadoran and Venezuelan nationals were taken from US immigration detention at Guantánamo Bay and sent to a prison in El Salvador where more...

Trump Border Czar: We'll Abide by Judge's Deportation Order

Though Tom Homan doesn't specify exactly what that means, given the flights already landed

(Newser) - President Trump's border czar said less than a week ago that he didn't "care what the judges think" regarding the administration's controversial deportation flights to El Salvador, which continued despite a judge ordering them to turn around last weekend, and that more would be coming . He...

Man Deported to Megaprison Was No Gang Member: Lawyer

'This is the most shocking thing that I've ever seen happen to one of our clients'

(Newser) - The White House says the 200 Venezuelan citizens flown to El Salvador Saturday in defiance of a judge's order are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. But a lawyer for one of the men says he's actually an LGBTQ+ artist who sought refuge in the US...

Trump Lawyer, Judge Have Tense Clash Over Deportations

Administration tries to get federal judge removed from case

(Newser) - A Trump administration lawyer repeatedly refused to answer questions in detail in court late Monday about the deportation of immigrants over the weekend, and some of the answers he did give left the judge incredulous. In a Washington courtroom, US District Judge James Boasberg asked the Justice Department lawyer why...

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