The Trump administration rejected a federal judge’s request to provide information on the fate of a migrant who is erroneously expelled to Salvador on Friday, denouncing an “impracticable term.”
The lawyers of this Salvadoran migrant, Kilmar Abrego García, were outraged by “the arrogance and cruelty” of the Trump administration, accusing him of “continuing to delay, confuse and mock the judicial decisions while the life and security of a man are at stake.”
Judge Paula Xinis had demanded communication on Friday morning “on the current location and the State under which Mr. Abrego García is celebrated”, as well as the actions taken or planned by the Executive to “facilitate his return.”
New audience scheduled for April 15
After a hearing of just half an hour, he concluded in a brief decision that the Trump administration had not met its instructions and maintained its requirements of a report on these points, now asking to be given “every day until more notification” from Saturday. He also scheduled a new audience for April 15.
Kilmar Abrego García, resident of Maryland (EAST) and married to an American, was arrested on March 12 by immigration police officers. It was one of the more than 200 people expelled on March 15 by the Trump Administration to Salvador, especially for their help supposedly in the Venezuelan Gang in Aragua, the “terrorist” organization by Washington declared.
The Trump administration then recognized in the Court that its expulsion resulted from an “administrative error”, since a decree of expulsion against it had definitely canceled by a federal court in 2019.
But he assured herself unable to remedy him, Kilmar Abrego García was now detained in a high security saving prison, and said that he was part of the saving gang MS-13, he also classified “terrorist” by the United States in February.
Judge Xinis said last week that he had not seen any evidence of his belonging to a gang and demanded that the Executive “facilitates and returns” his return to the United States on April 7 at the latest.
“All possible measures”
Conturized by the Trump Administration, the Supreme Court suspended the first instance decision on April 7, canceling this deadline.
But, unanimously, she agreed with the judge on Thursday, confirming the obligation given to the Executive to “facilitate” the transfer of Mr. Abrego García de Salvador to the US authorities “and to ensure that her situation was treated as it would have been if she had not missed Salvador”.
However, he asked the judge to “clarify” what he heard “carry out” the return of Mr. Abrego García, to ensure that this was not in the prerogatives of the “Executive Power in the realization of foreign matters.”
Consequently, Judge Xinis modified his initial decision on Thursday night, summarizing that the Trump administration “takes all possible measures to facilitate the return of Mr. Abrego García to the United States as soon as possible.” The magistrate also summoned an audience for Friday afternoon.
The Trump administration claimed more time, but the judge refused, now the hearing scheduled for Friday and simply extend the deadline to provide the information required for two hours.
The Administration has replicated “not being able to provide the information requested by the Court within the impassable period that established a few hours after the decision of the Supreme Court.”
“Foreign issues cannot be treated according to the judicial calendar,” he added.
Source: BFM TV
