Thu Apr 17 01:53:06 UTC 2025: **Supreme Court Orders Trump Administration to Repatriate Deporté**
**Washington, D.C.** – The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States from a Salvadoran prison. The Court rejected the administration’s argument that it was unable to retrieve Abrego Garcia after mistakenly deporting him last month.
Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran national, had lived in the U.S. for 14 years, working in construction and raising three children with disabilities with his American wife. The Trump administration deported him based on a 2019 accusation of MS-13 gang affiliation, an allegation Abrego Garcia and his attorneys deny. He was never charged with a crime.
In 2019, a U.S. immigration judge granted Abrego Garcia protection from deportation due to the credible threat of persecution in El Salvador by gangs that had terrorized his family. Despite this, the Trump administration deported him, later calling it an “administrative error.”
The Salvadoran President claimed he lacked the authority to return Abrego Garcia, stating it would be “preposterous to ‘smuggle a terrorist into the United States.’” This decision comes amid the Trump administration’s designation of MS-13 as a foreign terrorist organization.
The Supreme Court’s ruling mandates the repatriation of Abrego Garcia, highlighting the ongoing legal battle surrounding his deportation and raising questions about the administration’s handling of immigration cases. The case underscores concerns about due process and the potential for wrongful deportation.
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