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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...

White House Misses Judge's Deadline on Deportee
White House Misses
Judge's Deadline on Deportee
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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...

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