Trump asks US Supreme Court to pause order to return man deported to El Salvador in error

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Source: Reuters

April 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily halt a judge's order requiring his administration to return a Salvadoran man who the government has acknowledged was erroneously deported to El Salvador.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Friday ordered the administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia by the end of Monday, in response to a lawsuit filed by the man and his family. A lower federal appeals court - the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals - declined to freeze Xinis' order.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-facing-monday-deadline-return-wrongly-deported-maryland-man-el-salvador-2025-04-07/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. The 4th Circuit has *denied* the Trump administration's to stay order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to US

This is a major defeat for trump

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trump's only recourse is to appeal to SCOTUS for a stay

[Scrivener7]

2. WHY??? Why are they refusing to bring this guy back???

[kimbutgar]

4. Because it would show his decision was wrong illegal and make him look weak

[Ocelot II]

5. Because doing so would be acknowledging that the courts have the power

to make them do things they don't want to do, and because they want carte blanche to disappear whomever they want without accounting for them.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

8. Because he would tell of the horrible conditions

and the abuse he suffered.

[NCDem47]

24. Bingo.

If he even comes back...

in one piece.

What if they "can't find" him? I worry something foul may be amiss.

[lark]

29. I worry he's already been killed and that's why they're stalling.

I do agree tht they have done this to prove a point, that the so called elected one doesn't have to follow the rule of law or the courts.

[JT45242]

9. The cruelty is also a big reason -- we are coming for everyone who is not a white male -- regardless of status

This is fascist's playbook. Fear and abandonment of the rule of law for "other groups"

[DBoon]

27. because wants to send more innocent people into the El Salvadorian Gulag

and being forced to bring that man back would hinder those plans

[sinkingfeeling]

3. This is unforgiveable. Worse thing I've ever known as an American. I'm so ashamed.

[CountAllVotes]

6. stupid orange freak

The are blaming this on his lack of intelligence.

I cry bullshit.

He knows what he is doing to a point.

Orange monster is plain EVIL.

[Wonder Why]

11. Worse, it is not just him. Nowhere down the line did anyone but a single attorney refuse to do his bidding.

They all "followed orders" just like the original Nazi camp guards to the generals. And to add to that, at least those Nazis knew they (and possibly their families) would probably die if they did, whereas, the current Nazis only face loss of their jobs.

There are a whole lot of traitors, cowards and criminals who have violated their oaths even in this one situation.

[CountAllVotes]

13. The People ...

Need to remove every last one of these traitors!

EVIL, all of them!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

15. A second DOJ attorney was placed on administrative leave.

Joshua J. Friedman
‪@joshuajfriedman.com‬
Also!

‪Gabriel Malor‬ ‪@gabrielmalor.bsky.social‬
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While we're thinking about this, Erez Reuveni and Auggie Flentje are the only two counsels of record in the 4th Cir. appeal, at least for the moment.

Both are career DOJ put on administrative leave over the weekend by political appointees.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM

https://bsky.app/profile/joshuajfriedman.com/post/3lm7xmkcxps2i

[FarPoint]

7. The U S Supreme Court needs to send this request back to the lower Courts.

They should deny coddling the orange menace.

[bluestarone]

25. They need to flat out

REFUSE taking it up. like they should have done with that immunity bullshit.

[Tadpole Raisin]

10. Knowing this iteration of SCOTUS they will grant a

stay and then deliver a decision on the last day of the term.
I read that supposedly El Salvador was waiting for the U. S. To decide on the disposition and if true that blows a hole in the administration’s plea of helplessness.

He won’t be back by midnight tonight that’s for sure and unless SCOTUS decides this deserves quick resolution it will probably be weeks or months and they will still ignore rulings.

I hate them and the SCOTUS traitors.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Trump asks Supreme Court to block order returning deportee from El Salvador

This is getting fun to watch

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/07/trump-deportee-mistake-supreme-court-abrego-garcia/

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block a lower court order requiring officials to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

The emergency motion came after U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis gave the administration until 11:59 p.m. Monday to return Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran immigrant who is married to a U.S. citizen.

Abrego García has been detained at a mega-prison in El Salvador since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him last month, despite a court order forbidding it because he had fled death threats from gang members in his home country.

Trump officials have argued that they have no power to return Abrego García because he is now in the custody of El Salvador.

Xinis forcefully pushed back on that assertion Sunday, writing that the federal government does have the authority to return Abrego García and that Trump officials have offered “no evidence” he was a gang member. The judge noted that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem recently visited the Salvadoran prison and met with President Nayib Bukele and other officials, saying the jail remained a tool for U.S. immigration enforcement.

[markie]

14. wife and kids

are not thinking it's fun.... I hope they sue for duress...

[Norrrm]

26. "no power to return Abrego Garca because he is now in the custody of El Salvador." --- Bullshit!

America is paying to keep him there.

Stop paying.

[rickyhall]

16. Lets exchange the Felon for the innocent guy.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Court of Appeals scolds the Justice Department for penalizing the lawyers who argued the case

The attorney in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case was suspended by Bondi for not lying to the court and coming up with a bogus explanation for deportation of this man. The Court of appeals called Bondi out on this

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This is a major call out of Bondi by this Court of Appeals

[Ms. Toad]

20. Zealous advocacy was removed from the legal code of ethics around 15 years ago,

precisely because zealous advocacy was used as an excuse for other unethical behavior.

[Miami Blue]

18. FelonTraitorTrump is an evil sociopath

The despicable felon/ Con man enjoys inflicting pain on the less fortunate. Now he is torturing
the family and the young man who was mistakenly sent to the most inhumane Mega Jail. Set up
in El Salvador by TraitorTrump’s comrade
President Nayin Bukele who is notorious for
being a corrupt tyrannical Mofo.

Felon Trump and Bukele must be investigated by
The International Court of Justice ICJ for their corruption and crimes against humanity.

Since penitentiaries are an extremely profitable industry. For FelonTrump and Bukele the prison industry is music to their filthy and greedy ears.

[PortTack]

19. He is literally asking the courts to side with him even when he knows he's wrong

[ScratchCat]

21. The Trump Administrations legal argument is essentially

If we deport someone in error its "too bad, so sad" for them; have fun in your home country.

Seriously. There is no issue here for the SCOTUS. The guy hasn't simply been deported; he's being illegally held in a foreign prison.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

23. One of the 4th Circuit judges agrees with you

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[mahina]

28. or, if we deport someone illegally, have fun in an industrial human rights abuse center in a country you have nothing to

do with.

He is not from El Salvador, I think

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. 'This is a Path of Perfect Lawlessness': Court Condemns Trump Over Wrongful Deportation

trump is arguing for a path of perfect lawlessness where he can violate a person's due process rights with no consequences

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https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-court-condemns-wrongful-deportation-abrego-garcia/

A three-judge panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected the Trump administration’s request to overturn a lower-court order requiring it to return a wrongfully deported Salvadorian immigrant to the U.S.

“The United States Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process,” the court ruled. “The Government’s contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable.”

President Donald Trump last month invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), an 18th century wartime law, to deport the man, Kilmer Abrego Garcia, and hundreds of other people to a hard labor prison in El Salvador....

“There is no question that the government screwed up here,” Circuit Judge Harvie Wilkinson, who was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan, wrote. “The withholding of removal order was country specific; it banned the government from removing Abrego Garcia to El Salvador and El Salvador only.”

Wilkinson said granting the Trump administration’s request would create a loophole through which it could “whisk individuals to foreign prisons in violation of court orders and then contend, invoking its Article II powers, that it is no longer their custodian, and there is nothing that can be done.”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. Chief Justice Roberts has indefinitely blocked the court order requiring Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return tonight.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. Roberts believes in taking away people due process rights and supports trump's "Path of Perfect Lawlessness" https://bsk

Roberts believes in taking away people due process rights and supports trump's "Path of Perfect Lawlessness"
https://bsky.app/profile/realtuckfrumper.bsky.social/post/3lmarkqgfy22z

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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2671687437

Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has temporarily blocked a court order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to return a Maryland man who was illegally deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador.

Trump's Department of Justice filed an emergency appeal on Monday morning after a federal judge ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be returned to the United States.

Roberts granted an emergency stay of the order on Monday afternoon.

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32. 'Don't look too much into it': Expert downplays SCOTUS ruling as MAGA cheers 'huge win!'

This may only be a procedural stay
https://bsky.app/profile/lucasmundus.bsky.social/post/3lmaw2elul22w

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https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-2671687442/

A legal expert added some much-needed context to a ruling by Chief Justice John Roberts regarding a Maryland man mistakenly deported as a "criminal" to a prison in El Salvador, despite evidence.

Roberts ruled Monday to temporarily block a court order that would have required the Trump administration to return 29-year-old Kilmar Abrego García to the U.S. by 11:59 p.m. Monday. The Justice Department then filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, leading to the Roberts decision.

For now, Garcia will remain in El Salvador.

New York Civil Rights attorney Andrew C. Laufer, Esq. explained on X, "It’s a typical procedural stay. Don’t look too much into it," but some social media users on the left expressed their outrage.