President El Salvador said he would not order the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a mega prison in Salvador during a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
“The problem is ridiculous,” Naive Bukel said Monday in his oval office. “How can I smuggle terrorists into the US? I’m not going to do that.”
He added: “I have no power to bring him back to the United States,” and he said he would not release the man Kilmer Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. “I don’t really like to release terrorists within the country.”
The comments came a day after the US Supreme Court argued that the Trump administration was not legally required to secure Abrego Garcia’s return, despite the decision that the administration should “promote” him.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration confirmed that Abrego Garcia, an immigrant from El Salvador who lived in Maryland in a protected position, was deported to an El Salvador prison on March 15 as a result of “administrative errors.” In 2019, an immigration judge banned the federal government from deporting him.
Trump officials rebel against a man who was accidentally exiled
The Trump administration escalated a stubborn rebellion against securing the release of a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador on Monday, moving forward with a new misrepresentation of a US Supreme Court order.
“The ruling stated that if this individual, in El Salvador’s sole discretion, is sent back to our country, we can deport him once more,” said Trump policy director Stephen Miller. His remarks, beyond the tortured reading provided by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondy, characterized the Supreme Court order merely demands that transport be provided to Abrego Garcia if released by El Salvador.
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Palestine Colombian student activist has been detained by ice
According to his lawyer and video of the case, the Palestinian green card holder and student at Columbia University were arrested Monday by US immigration authorities. Mohsen Mahadawi, the Palestinian pro-protest leader in Colombia last spring, was arrested on ice on Monday morning in Colchester, Vermont, while he was attending an interview with naturalization, his lawyer said in a statement to the Guardian.
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The Trump administration sued trade court tariffs
Legal advocacy groups on Monday called on the U.S. International Trade Court to block drastic tariffs on Donald Trump’s foreign trade partners, claiming the president has stepped over his powers. The lawsuit was filed by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal advocacy group, on behalf of five US companies that import goods from countries targeted by tariffs.
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The US has launched investigation into drug and chip imports and paving methods for tariffs
The Trump administration has launched an investigation into drug and semiconductor imports as part of its bid to impose tariffs on both sectors for national security reasons, a notice posted Monday showed.
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Harvard will not “give” Trump’s request for more than $9 billion cuts
Harvard said on Monday it would not comply with a new list of new demands from the Trump administration last week, which it said its government was designed to crack down on allegations of civil rights violations at anti-Semitism and elite academic institutions.
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The memo outlines the US State Department’s plan to cut its budget in half
The Trump administration is reportedly suggesting that it cut the State Department’s budget by almost half in a move that could dramatically cut US international spending and dramatically cut funds to NATO and the United Nations, according to an internal memorandum.
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Our Soldiers were revealed as Neo-Nazi Tiktok followers
Active US military veterans are openly chasing neo-Nazi terrorist groups that are banned on social media. Experts say such examples show that under Pete Hegses, the Pentagon allows extremism to be lifted.
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