Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) traveled to El Salvador this week to get answers about the status of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man Donald Trump’s administration illegally sent to a mega-prison in the Central American nation and is now refusing to bring back to the U.S. despite a Supreme …
Read More »Lawyer Warns Trump Is Moving to Deport Teen to El Salvador for Photo of Water Pistol
The Donald Trump administration’s unlawful removal of hundreds of migrants to a gulag in El Salvador — and their subsequent legal battle to keep them there — have showcased the president’s clear disregard for human rights and the United States court system. They are planning to do it again. Most …
Read More »Senator Says Bukele Staged Margaritas at Abrego Garcia Meeting, Wanted It by Pool
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) returned to the United States on Friday after meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man whom Donald Trump’s administration illegally shipped to a prison in El Salvador and refuses to bring home, in open defiance of a Supreme Court order. “It’s good to be …
Read More »Judges Smack Down Trump's 'Shocking' and 'Lawless' Arguments in Abrego Garcia Case
An appeals court smacked down Donald Trump’s latest effort to avoid complying with directives from the Supreme Court and a district court, which both ordered the administration to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man it illegally sent to a notorious torture prison in El Salvador. A three-judge panel on …
Read More »Trump Admin Deports Teen With No Criminal Record to El Salvador Prison: Report
Wilmer Gutiérrez last saw his son the morning of Feb. 24. Later that day, his nephew called to tell him that 19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez had been arrested just steps from their shared apartment in the Bronx. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our …
Read More »The Trump Admin's Lies About Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Debunked
Donald Trump’s deportation agenda has drawn its focus around Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man the administration illegally shipped to an infamous torture prison in El Salvador — an action they admitted was a mistake, citing an “administrative error.” The Supreme Court has since ruled that the administration must bring …
Read More »Judge Says There's 'Probable Cause' to Charge Trump Admin With Contempt
A federal judge has ruled that there is “probable cause” to hold the Trump administration in contempt over its removal of hundreds of migrants from the United States to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite an order to halt their deportation. On Wednesday, D.C. U.S. District Court Judge James …
Read More »Abrego Garcia's Wife Pleads for End to 'Political Games' Before Judge Slams Trump Admin
Lawyers from the Department of Justice clashed with a Maryland district court judge as they once again resisted compliance with a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States from El Salvador. Ahead of the hearing, Abrego Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Stefania Vasquez Sura …
Read More »Trump and Bukele Bond Over Human Rights Abuses in Oval Office Meeting
President Donald Trump welcomed El Salvador’s president and self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator,” Nayib Bukele to the White House on Monday amid a backdrop of controversy and court battles over his administration’s shipment of hundreds of migrants to El Salvador’s notorious prison system without due process. While taking questions from the …
Read More »Trump Admin Tells Judge It Doesn't Have to Bring Back Man It Illegally Shipped to El Salvador
Days after the Supreme Court ordered Donald Trump to “facilitate” the return of a man his administration illegally shipped to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador — allegedly the result of an “administrative error” — Trump’s administration is saying it has no responsibility to actually bring him home. Trump said …
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