Right now, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is behind bars in CECOT: the notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. One month ago he was pulled over by ICE and told that his protected immigration status no longer applied. Minutes later he was in handcuffs, and three days later - without any new charges, and without a court hearing - he was secretly deported to El Salvador to be imprisoned at CECOT. His family sued in federal court, seeking answers and justice. The federal judge ruled that Abrego Garcia was indeed wrongfully deported and must be returned by April 7. The Trump Administration sought to block the order, and the case went to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 (extremely rare) in agreement with the federal judge, but Trump’s Department of Justice has chosen to ignore this ruling. We are in a constitutional crisis, and human rights in this country are being eviscerated.
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SOURCES:
Belson, Dan, and Jeff Barker. 2025. “Maryland Senator Says Abrego Garcia ‘Kidnapped’ After El Salvador President Refuses to Return Him.” Baltimore Sun, April 15. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/04/14/kilmar-abrego-garcia-chris-van-hollen/
Dwyer, Devin, and Laura Romero. 2025. “Lawyer for Wrongly Deported Maryland Man Says It Might Take Contempt Order to Get Him Back.” ABC News. April 14. https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyer-wrongly-deported-maryland-man-contempt-order-back/story?id=120787771
Erskine, Ellena. 2025. “Noem V. Abrego Garcia - SCOTUSblog.” SCOTUSblog. April 14. https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/noem-v-abrego-garcia/
Feuer, Alan. 2025. “What to Know About the Deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.” The New York Times, April 14. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/abrego-garcia-trump-deportations-el-salvador.html
Ordoñez, Franco. 2025. “El Salvador’s Bukele Says ‘preposterous’ to Suggest He Return Abrego Garcia to U.S.” NPR, April 14. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5364502/trump-bukele-el-salvador-deportation
