A federal court of appeal described on Thursday “shocking” the position of the Trump administration which is unable to remedy the “mistake” expulsion of a Salvadoran immigrant, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a month ago.
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Married to an American and resident of Maryland (EST), this 29 -year -old father was incarcerated in a Salvado High Safety Prison when he arrived in the country.
The Court of Appeal was dryly rejected an appeal of the executive against decisions of a trial judge summarizing him to provide explanations on the actions undertaken or envisaged to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as ordered by the Supreme Court.
“The government claims the right to hide residents of this country in prisons abroad without even the appearance of the right of appeal which is the foundation of our constitutional system,” wrote Judge Harvie Wilkinson on behalf of the three magistrates of the Court.
“In addition, he allegedly affirms that since he abandoned custody (from Kilmar Abrego Garcia, editor’s note), he can do nothing. This should be shocking not only for judges, but also for the innate sense of freedom that the most distant Americans cherish from the courts, “he added.
President Donald Trump erected the fight against illegal immigration in absolute priority, evoking an “invasion” of the United States by “criminals from abroad”.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is one of the more than 250 men expelled on March 15 to Salvador, most of them for alleged belonging to the Venezuelan gang Tren in Aragua, declared organization “terrorist” by Washington.
The Trump administration then recognized in court that its expulsion resulted from an “administrative error”, since an expulsion decree against it to Salvador had been definitively canceled in 2019.
But she declares herself unable to remedy it, Kilmar Abrego Garcia being now detained by the Salvadoral authorities. She also accuses him, despite her absence of a criminal record, of belonging to the Salvadoral gang MS-13, also classified “terrorist” by the United States in February.
During a meeting at the White House with Donald Trump on Monday, Salvadoral President Nayib Bukele also assured that he had “not had the power to send him back to the United States”.
Since then, the American Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, visiting Salvador, posted images on Thursday evening showing him attendance with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in what seems to be a restaurant.
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“I said that my main objective during this trip was to meet Kilmar. Tonight, I had the opportunity. I called his wife, Jennifer, to send her your love message, ”said the senator on X.
Also publishing a photo of the meeting, Mr. Bukele laughed: “Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously resurrected from” extermination camps “and” torture “, is now drinking Margaritas with Senator Van Hollen in the tropical paradise of Salvador!”.
