Lawyers argue that return of Kilmar Abrego García to US is ‘foreign relations’ and outside of scope of courtsThe Trump administration has claimed it is not legally obligated to secure the return of a Maryland man who was sent in error to a prison in El Salvador, despite the US supreme court ruling that the administration should “facilitate” bringing him back.As Trump welcomed El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, to the White House on Monday, lawyers for the justice department argued in court filings on Sunday that asking El Salvador to return Kilmar Abrego García from a notorious mega-prison should be considered “foreign relations”, and was therefore outside the scope of the courts. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/trump-doj-return-man-wrongly-deported-el-salvador
Author : Anna Betts
Publish date : 2025-04-14 16:11:00
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Trump DoJ says not legally bound to return man wrongly deported to El Salvador
