In an astounding display of contempt for the rule of law, President Donald Trump hosted Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office today said Kilmar Albrego Garcia and others who have imprisoned there by the U.S. government will not be coming back to the United States.
Furthermore, the Trump administration again stonewalled U.S. District Court, Judge Paula Xinis who ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the United States, backed up by the United States Supreme Court 9 to 0 ruling last week. The government said there was an “administrative error” and Garcia should not have been sent to El Salvador, yet refuse to bring him back.
On March 15, more than 250 Venezuelan and El Salvador men were sent to El Salvador’s CECOT (Terrorism Confinement Center) under the the 1798 Alien Enemies Act because the government said they were gang members of Tren de Agua or MS-13, although none of these men were offered due process or any ability to prove they were not gang members. Now there appears to be no opportunity for any of these men to be released from this foreign prison as our government claims that these are now under the jurisdiction of El Salvador and Bukele made it clear these prisoners were not being released.
And you will find this amazing, Trump indicated that American citizens (“homegrowns”) could meet the same fate.
For a full explanation of what happened in the Oval Office today, watch this post from Meidas Touch. You should be chilled by this — which seems to be the point.