El Salvador President Won't 'Smuggle' Deported Maryland Man to US
April 14, 2025
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as posted by the channelEl Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said a Maryland man deported to the Central American country by President Donald Trump’s administration would not be returned, even as the Supreme Court has called for the US to facilitate his release.
Asked whether he would secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Bukele on Monday said he didn’t “have the power to return him to the United States.”
“How can I smuggle? How can I return him to the United States? I smuggle him into the United States? I’m not going to do it,” Bukele said during a White House meeting with Trump.
The stand-off is certain to heighten tensions between Trump and the federal judiciary over the case of Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in a legal fight that has attracted national attention.
Trump has asserted US courts don’t have any authority over foreign policy. When asked about the Supreme Court ruling on Monday he deferred to officials at the meeting, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pam Bondi and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who suggested that Abrego Garcia’s fate was up to El Salvador and no longer an issue for the administration.
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