A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to provide daily updates on efforts to recover Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said he would not return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States . Bukele called Abrego Garcia a "terrorist" during a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump .
The U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld a judge's order directing the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia, who was deported from the U.S. due to an administrative error. U.S. President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 14, 2025., when he was asked about sending Abrego Garcia back from the notorious Salvadoran prison where he has been held since being forcibly deported in March. "How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?" Bukele said. "I don't have the power to return him to the United States." Top Trump administration officials at the same Oval Office meeting suggested they would not comply with Maryland U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis' demand that officials facilitate Abrego Garcia's return from his native country. The Trump administration, which claims he is a gang member, has admitted that Abrego Garcia, a married father of three who lives in Maryland, was deported due to an administrative error. U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez and Rep. Juan Vargas hold pictures of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss Abrego Garcia’s arrest and deportation at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2025 in Washington, DC.But the administration also argues it has no legal responsibility to get him back, and that federal courts lack the power to compel his return. On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld Xinis' order, but asked her to clarify it. Xinis quickly did so, and on Friday told the Trump administration to give her daily updates on the status of Abrego Garcia, and about its efforts to get him back."I mean, we're not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country," the Salvadoran president said. "We just turned the murder capital of the world into the safest country in the Western Hemisphere and you want us to go back into releasing criminals so we can go back to being the murder capital of the world?" Bukele said. "That's not going to happen."Luigi Mangione defense asks judge to block death penalty in CEO murder caseTrump advisor Peter Navarro hypes stocks a day after calling tariff-driven plunge 'no big deal'China to raise reciprocal tariffs on U.S. goods to 84% Trump then quipped that the media would "love" to have criminal released into the U.S., adding that they are "sick people."After insulting the CNN reporter who asked about Abrego Garcia, Trump had tossed the question about his return to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Bondi said Abrego Garcia — who has never been convicted of a crime in the U.S. — had been determined in the courts to be a member of the gang MS-13 who was in the country illegally."That's up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That's not up to us," Bondi said. She said the Supreme Court's ruling on Abrego Garcia only requires that the Trump administration "facilitate" his return, "meaning provide a plane," if El Salvador decides to return him."He's a citizen of El Salvador," Miller said. "So it's very arrogant, even, for American media to suggest that we would even tell El Salvador how to handle their own citizens." Secretary of State Marco Rubio nodded along at Miller's interpretation of the Supreme Court's ruling. After Bukele said he would not release Abrego Garcia, Rubio said, "I don't understand what the confusion is." "This individual is a citizen of El Salvador," Rubio said. "He was illegally in the United States and was returned to his country. That's where you deport people back to their country of origin." Rubio added: "The foreign policy of the United States is conducted by the President of the United States, not by a court. And no court in the United States has a right to conduct a foreign policy in the United States, it's that simple. End of story." When the CNN reporter attempted to ask Trump a follow-up question, the president replied, "How long do we have to answer this question from you?" "Why don't you just say, Isn't it wonderful that we're keeping criminals out of our country?" Trump said.
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