Supreme Court rules U.S. must facilitate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador [View all]
Source: CNBC
Published Thu, Apr 10 2025 6:52 PM EDT Updated 9 Min Ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was forcibly and wrongly deported to El Salvador, where he is in a notorious prison. But the Supreme Court in its decision told a Maryland federal district court judge to clarify his order last week that the administration “effectuate” the return of Abrego Garcia.
The decision also directed the Trump administration, who accuses Abrego Garcia of being a gang member, to prepare “to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps” related to his possible return. Abrego Garcia’s lawyer, Andrew Rossman, in an email to NBC News, wrote, “The rule of law won today.” “Time to bring him home,” Rossman wrote.
The Trump administration had opposed the order to return the El Salvador native, who is married and has three children with special needs, even after acknowledging that he “was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal,” the Supreme Court noted in its ruling.
The Supreme Court decision is a major rebuke to the administration, which, since the return of President Donald Trump to the White House, has made the forcible deportation of purported gang members a top priority.
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Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a949_lkhn.pdf
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Published Thu, Apr 10 2025 6:52 PM EDT Updated 3 Min Ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was forcibly deported to El Salvador, where he is in prison.
But the Supreme Court in its decision told a federal district court judge in Maryland to clarify his order last week that the administration "effectuate" the return of Abrego Garcia.
The Trump administration had opposed the order to return Abrego Garcia even after acknowledging that he "was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal," the Supreme Court noted in its ruling.
Abrego Garcia, who is a native of El Salvador, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Maryland on March 12, and was deported three days later.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was forcibly deported to El Salvador, where he is in prison. But the Supreme Court in its decision told a federal district court judge in Maryland to clarify his order that the administration "effectuate" the return of Abrego Garcia.
The Trump administration had opposed the order to return Abrego Garcia even after acknowledging that he "was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal," the Supreme Court noted in its ruling.
Abrego Garcia, who is a native of El Salvador, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Maryland on March 12, and was deported three days later.
The Justice Department said his removal was due to an "administrative error." But Justice Department lawyers also said Abrego Garcia had been found to be a member of the notorious gang MS-13, which the United States has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was forcibly deported to El Salvador, where he is in prison.
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