Trump Ignores Supreme Court Order to Return Illegally Deported U.S. Resident, Knowing They Will Do Nothing
Roberts Court Justices Are Co-Conspirators in Trump’s Lawlessness, Having Spent Years Laying the Groundwork for His Actions
Washington, DC — After refusing to provide information on how he is planning to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back to the United States — who the administration has admitted was deported due to an "administrative error” — President Donald Trump held a press event today with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, during which the pair reiterated their plan to continue to illegally hold Abrego Garcia in a Salvadoran prison.
While the Roberts Court ordered the administration to take steps to return Abrego Garcia, Trump and attorneys from the Department of Justice have refused to provide information to the courts about how they plan to do so — knowing full well that the Court will not press the matter. Not only does Trump believe he has the full support of the Court’s MAGA majority, Chief Justice Roberts has repeatedly enabled the president’s extremist agenda — paving the way for the Trump administration to openly defy the Court itself.
“For years now, the Supreme Court has been chipping away at guardrails meant to protect against presidential overreach by striking down voting rights protections, weakening federal agencies, and allowing for absolute presidential immunity,” said United for Democracy Senior Advisor Meagan Hatcher-Mays. “Trump’s open refusal to return legal U.S. resident Abrego Garcia should come as no surprise. The Supreme Court has enabled President Trump’s rise and given him the power he now wields to defy whatever court orders he doesn’t like. In doing so, the Court has become a co-conspirator in the slew of recent moves by the Trump administration that will further erode our democracy and break down the rule of law. Unless John Roberts wants to lose whatever shred of legitimacy he might still cling to, he must take further action to force Abrego Garcia’s return and to stop the administration from its ongoing violations of the law.”
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