US EditionTrump, Bukele and the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — where things stand
- On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Cristian to El Salvador, despite court orders preventing these removals.
- These deportations occurred under a 1798 Alien Enemies Act proclamation targeting Venezuelan gang members, although Cristian had a pending asylum application and Abrego Garcia denied gang ties.
- U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher found that the government has failed to comply with a 2019 agreement by deporting Cristian and directed that a sincere effort be made to secure his return, but the administration has yet to act on this order.
- Attorney Kevin DeJong warned that other class members may have been removed without notice, while Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen said at least $4 million of taxpayer funds support migrant detention in El Salvador.
- The deportations sparked bipartisan legal and political disputes, including calls from some Democrats to impeach Trump for ignoring court orders, while the administration asserts it cannot arrange the migrants' return.
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Judge Questions Trump's Claim on Migrant Return
Judge Questions Trump's Claim on Migrant Return A U.S. judge has put President Donald Trump's statements under scrutiny, questioning his declaration that he could return wrongly deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia with a simple phone call to El Salvador's president. The comments were made during a hearing on a separate case regarding Venezuelan migrants detained under an outdated law.Justice Department lawyer Abhishek Kambli was asked by Distr…
“They Will Only Be Able to Leave in a Coffin” John Oliver Skewers Deportation of Innocents, Including Gay Stylist Andry Hernandez Romero
Host and comedian John Oliver recently harnessed both his talents and his outrage to tell the story of migrant deportations. The biting story on “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” included Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay Venezuelan stylist wrongly accused of being a gang member allegedly because of crown tattoos over which were written the [...] The post “They Will Only Be Able to Leave in a Coffin” John Oliver Skewers Deportation of Innocents, …
The long history of illegality in U.S. policy toward Latin America
It seems as if the entire disgraceful history of U.S. illegality in Latin America is distilled in the saga of Kilmar Ábrego García: the man whose illegal deportation to El Salvador and imprisonment in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) has sparked outrage in the United States among human rights defenders and opponents of the Trump administration.
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A man with an open asylum case was deported. His lawyers want to know if there are others
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a household name as the Trump administration wages an intense legal battle to keep him locked up in an El Salvador prison despite his mistaken deportation.
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