A US judge said on Tuesday that there is no evidence that the Trump administration tried to guarantee the return of a man illegally deported to El Salvador, but said that, for now, he will not consider the government in contempt to the court.
During an audience to evaluate the next steps about what she called the Trump administration’s failure to update her about efforts to bring Kilmar Embego Garcia back, district judge Paula Xinis stated that the government did not present any relevant information about the actions it was taken.
“There will be no tolerance for political games or media stagings,” Xinis said during the audience in Greenbelt, Maryland. “So far, what the records show is that nothing has been done. Nothing.”
Xinis determined that the Trump Administration delivered documents and that authorities give testimony under oath until April 23 to explain the measures taken in relation to the return of Abrego Garcia.
The case is one of several who raised concerns between Democrats and some legal analysts that the government of Republican President Donald Trump would be willing to disrespect the judiciary – an independent power and equal to the executive.
The Trump administration, in turn, accuses the judiciary to overcome its limits and interfere with the executive’s ability to conduct foreign policy.
Before the hearing, a group of protesters gathered in front of the court, singing “bring Kilmar back,” while hearing his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, asking US and El Salvador governments to enable her husband’s return.
“I see myself begging both the Trump administration and the Bukele government to stop making political games with Kilmar’s life,” said Vasquez Sura.
During a meeting with Trump at the White House on Monday (14), El Salvador president Nayib Bukele, reporters told reporters who had no power to return Kilmar Abrago Garcia to the United States.
“The question is absurd. How could I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?” Said Bukele.
At the hearing, Government lawyer Drew Tesign quoted Bukele’s comments, stating that “determining the position” of the Salvadoran government was “an important part of compliance” of the Order of Judge Xinis.
Teacher said the administration interpreted the order of Xinis to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia as the obligation to remove any barriers from the US around the country.
According to him, this was done through an official statement presented to the court at the beginning of the day, stating that if Vago Garcia appeared in a port or in a US embassy, he would be allowed to enter the country – being immediately taken in custody again.
Judge Xinis responded by saying that this interpretation of the term “facilitating” is contrary to the “clear meaning of the word.”
American Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party, said in a statement on Monday that if Vago Garcia was not back in the country “until midweek,” he would travel to El Salvador to personally discuss his release.
On April 4, Judge Xinis ordered the administration to “facilitate and make” the return of Abrego Garcia de El Salvador, where he is arrested in a mega maximum security prison known as the terrorism confinement center, or Cecot.
Last week, the US Supreme Court upheld the court order after an appeal by the Trump administration, but said the term “effect” was vague and could overcome the authority of the court. Given this, Judge Xinis ordered the Trump Administration to present a schedule for Kilmar Embego Garcia’s return to the United States.
Trump stated that his government would bring the man back if the Supreme Court ordered directly.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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