El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said on Monday that he was not inclined to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States.
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who had lived in Maryland for about 15 years, was deported to El Salvador despite being granted protections by an U.S. immigration judge. He is in custody in Bukele's mega prison known as CECOT. The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
During Bukele's Oval Office visit on Monday, Trump and his team said it was up to the Salvadoran government to decide whether to return him. Bukele said he would not do that."The question is preposterous: how can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?" Bukele said.
Bukele has been a key ally to Trump as he ramps up deportations to the notorious Salvadoran prison. The Trump administration is paying the Salvadoran government $6 million to house migrants there.
The case involves the Alien Enemies Act
More than 200 migrants have been sent to the prison. Many have been sent there without due process using an obscure wartime law called the Alien Enemies Act to deport large groups of Venezuelans and Salvadorans who the administration says are gang members. Abrego Garcia's attorney says he is not a member of any gang.
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who had lived in Maryland for about 15 years, was deported to El Salvador despite being granted protections by an U.S. immigration judge. He is in custody in Bukele's mega prison known as CECOT. The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
During Bukele's Oval Office visit on Monday, Trump and his team said it was up to the Salvadoran government to decide whether to return him. Bukele said he would not do that."The question is preposterous: how can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?" Bukele said.
Bukele has been a key ally to Trump as he ramps up deportations to the notorious Salvadoran prison. The Trump administration is paying the Salvadoran government $6 million to house migrants there.
The case involves the Alien Enemies Act
More than 200 migrants have been sent to the prison. Many have been sent there without due process using an obscure wartime law called the Alien Enemies Act to deport large groups of Venezuelans and Salvadorans who the administration says are gang members. Abrego Garcia's attorney says he is not a member of any gang.
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00:00El Salvador's president Naid Bukele said on Monday that he was not inclined to return
00:05Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia to the United States. Abrego-Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen
00:11who had lived in Maryland for about 15 years, was deported to El Salvador despite being granted
00:17protections by an U.S. immigration judge. He is in custody in Bukele's mega prison known as
00:23Sukkot. The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
00:28During Bukele's Oval Office visit on Monday, Trump and his team said it was up to the
00:34Salvadoran government to decide whether to return him. Bukele said he would not do that.
00:41The question is preposterous, how can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?
00:46Bukele said. Bukele has been a key ally to Trump as he ramps up deportations to the notorious
00:53Salvadoran prison. The Trump administration is paying the Salvadoran government $6 million to
00:59house migrants there. The case involves the Alien Enemies Act. More than 200 migrants have been sent
01:06to the prison. Many have been sent there without due process using an obscure wartime law called
01:12the Alien Enemies Act to deport large groups of Venezuelans and Salvadorans who the administration
01:18says are gang members. Abrego Garcia's attorney says he is not a member of any gang.