Trump says he "could" call to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to U.S.
CBSN
President Trump said he "could" call up El Salvador's president to secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was removed from the U.S. last month and sent to a Salvadoran prison in what a government official called an "administrative error."
Mr. Trump's remarks — made in an interview that aired Tuesday with ABC News — come as his government grapples with a court order instructing it to "facilitate" the return of Abrego Garcia, who was removed despite a 2019 ruling that barred him from being sent to El Salvador. The administration has argued it's up to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to decide whether to send back Abrego Garcia, though Bukele said he does not "have the power" to return him.
"You could get him back. There's a phone on this desk," ABC News' Terry Moran said.
