El Salvador's president said during an Oval Office meeting with Trump that he has "no power" to bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S.
Show More Show Less View Video Transcript
0:00
In a meeting with President Trump on Monday, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said it was
0:05
preposterous to think his country could send back a Maryland man who was wrongly deported by the
0:11
Trump administration, labeling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a terrorist and saying he has no authority
0:17
to return him to the United States. Take a listen. Do you plan to return him? Well, I'm
0:23
I'm supposedly not suggesting that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States, right
0:27
How can I smuggle? How can I return him to the United States
0:32
Like, I smuggle him into the United States or whether I do it? Of course, I'm not going to do it
0:36
It's like, I mean, the question is preposterous. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States
0:43
I don't have the power to return him to the United States. Trump directed reporters with questions to Attorney General Pam Bondi
0:50
who said this about Abrego Garcia's court-ordered return. First and foremost, he was illegally in our country
0:57
He had been illegally in our country. And in 2019, two courts, an immigration court and an appellate immigration court
1:06
ruled that he was a member of MS-13 and he was illegally in our country
1:12
Right now, it was a paperwork. It was additional paperwork that needed to be done
1:17
That's up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That's not up to us
1:22
Bondi called the incident an international and foreign affairs matter and says the U.S
1:28
would facilitate Abrego Garcia return if El Salvador decides to send him back by providing a plane A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate and effectuate Abrego Garcia
1:42
return last week, a ruling affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Justices Elena Kagan and Kentonji Brown-Jackson wrote a statement in reference to the affirmation
1:52
writing, the government's argument, moreover, implies that it could deport and incarcerate any person
1:59
including U.S. citizens, without legal consequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene
2:07
Immigrant advocacy group CASA gave a statement about the case, saying they are outraged by the
2:13
unlawful deportation, describing Abrego Garcia as, quote, an excellent father of three children
2:19
and arguing the defiance of the court order from the federal government puts his life in danger
2:26
The Trump administration reported Abrego Garcia is alive and detained in El Salvador
2:31
The new developments in the case of Abrego Garcia come as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
2:37
said Sunday another 10 people who he says are gang members were sent to El Salvador in a social
2:43
media post. Trump also praised Bukele for taking enemy aliens off of the United States' hands and
2:50
told him Monday he hopes he builds more prisons in El Salvador to help the U.S. in its ongoing
2:56
mass deportation efforts. For more on this story, you can download the Straight Arrow news app
3:01
or visit us online at san.com
#Legal
#news
#Politics
#Constitutional Law & Civil Rights


