Apr 16 Maryland senator meets with El Salvador’s vice president in push for Abrego Garcia’s release By Yolanda Magaña, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown, Associated Press Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday and met with the country's vice president to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 8:54 Judge presses Trump administration on why it hasn’t returned wrongfully deported man By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat A federal judge told Justice Department lawyers to cancel vacation as she launched rapid discovery in the case of a wrongfully deported man. Judge Paula Xinis scolded the Trump administration for doing “nothing” to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from… Continue watching
Apr 15 Why Trump’s idea of imprisoning U.S. citizens in El Salvador is likely illegal By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press President Donald Trump keeps talking about sending U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to prison in El Salvador. Continue reading
Apr 15 Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he’ll travel to El Salvador if Abrego Garcia isn’t released by midweek By Associated Press A federal judge ruled Garcia should be returned to the U.S., a decision that was unanimously upheld by the Supreme Court last week. Continue reading
Apr 15 Trump reiterates desire to expand deportation plans to include U.S. citizens By Associated Press Trump said in a video posted on social media by Bukele that he wanted to send “homegrowns” to be incarcerated in El Salvador, and added that “you’ve got to build five more places."… Continue reading
Apr 15 WATCH: Wife of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador speaks ahead of court hearing By Michael Kunzelman, Ben Finley, Associated Press A hearing is scheduled for late Tuesday afternoon in a U.S. District Court. It comes a day after White House advisers repeated their claim that they lack the authority to return the Salvadoran national from his native country. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 6:51 Trump, El Salvador president indicate no intention of returning mistakenly deported man By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat President Trump met with El Salvador's leader as both governments rejected responsibility for the fate of a man the administration admits was wrongly deported. The Supreme Court said last week the U.S. must facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Continue watching
Apr 14 WATCH: El Salvador’s Bukele says he will not release man mistakenly deported, issue ‘preposterous’ By Associated Press Trump administration officials emphasized Abrego Garcia, who was sent to a notorious gang prison in El Salvador, was a citizen of that country and the U.S. has no say in his future. Continue reading
Apr 14 Trump is meeting a key foreign ally in his migrant crackdown. What does El Salvador’s Bukele want? By Seung Min Kim, Marcos Aleman, Associated Press Since March, the small Central American nation has accepted from the U.S. more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants. Continue reading
Apr 13 U.S. won’t say whether it’s facilitating return of Maryland man from El Salvador prison By Bill Barrow, Associated Press 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… Continue reading