Supreme Court says Trump must ‘facilitate’ return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
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The Supreme Court on Thursday required President Donald Trump’s administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador but stopped short of requiring the government to return him to the United States.
The Supreme Court on Thursday required President Donald Trump’s administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador but stopped short of requiring the government to return him to the United States. The high court said that the administration must try to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was deported on March 15. It said part of the lower court’s order requiring the government to “effectuate” his return was unclear and needed further review. The court did not give the administration a deadline for when Abrego Garcia should be returned. The opinion was unsigned and no dissents were noted. “Tonight, the rule of law prevailed. The Supreme Court upheld the District Judge’s order that the government has to bring Kilmar home,” said Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, one of Abrego Garcia’s attorneys. “Now they need to stop wasting time and get moving.” The high court’s unsigned and brief decision left US District Judge Paula Xinis’ order in place but drew a distinction between “facilitating” Abrego Garcia’s return and “effectuating” it. The lower court properly required the government to “facilitate” his return, the justices made clear. “The intended scope of the term ‘effectuate’ in the District Court’s order is, however, unclear, and may exceed the District Court’s authority,” the court wrote Thursday. Therefore, the court said, Xinis should “clarify its directive, with due regard for the deference owed to the Executive Branch in the conduct of foreign affairs.” That appeared to be a nod to the Trump administration’s arguments in the case.
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