Democrats from Congress are pressing on President Donald Trump to facilitate the release of Kilmar Abry Garcia, a man from Maryland and a Salvador who was incorrectly deported there last month.
Despite Order from the US Supreme Court That the Trump’s administration “facilitates” the return of Abry Garcia, the Department of Justice argued that the administration is not responsible for bringing him back to the United States.
Democratic meaning. John Fetterman from Pennsylvania and Cory Booker from New Jersey belong to those calling for action, because the concern for treating Abry Garcia and the circumstances related to his unlawful deportation.
Booker, no Politico. It seems that several republican legislators have published your photos inside the prison, after Head of the Secretary of Internal Security Kristi Noem.
Here’s what we know.
Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
Abrego Garcia, 29, He lived in the United States For about 14 years, during which he worked in construction, he married and raised three disabled children, in accordance with court files.
He grew up in San Salvador and worked for his hometown, a rabbitnext to his parents and siblings. His father was a former policeman. Abry Garcia’s task was to buy ingredients in a grocery store and delivery with his brother.
“Everyone in the city knew that they received their puppets from” Pupusia Cecilia “,” his lawyers wrote in a court assembly.
But the local gang, Barrio 18, began to attack Abry Garcia and his siblings – threatening them with killing or raping and forcing – forcing the family to close the company and send some siblings to the United States.
According to court reports, the family never went to the authorities because of raging police corruption. The gang still harassed his family after moving to Guatemala, which borders with the El Salvador.
Around 2011, at the age of 16, Abrego Garcia fled to the United States illegally, joining his brother, a citizen in Maryland. He worked in construction and met his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, who is also a citizen. They lived in Prince George, on the outskirts of Washington, with two children from a previous relationship.
When was Abrego Garcia the first escape with ice?
In 2019, Abrego Garcia went to the Home Depot store in search of a job when he was arrested by the Police of the County, in accordance with court documents. The detectives asked if he was a gang member. After saying that he was not, immigration and enforcement of customs rights stopped him.
Abrego Garcia later told the immigration judge that he would look for asylum and ask for release. Vasquez Sura had five months during high -risk pregnant.
But Ice said he was a certified member of the gang in New York MS-13 based on information from a confidential informant. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers denied the claims, saying that Abry Garcia never lived in New York.
Despite this, the information was sufficient for the immigration judge to be in prison when his immigration case lasted in 2019.
Abrego Garcia and Vasquez Sura got married in the state of Maryland, show court reports. She gave birth when he was in prison.
In October 2019, the immigration judge rejected the asylum of Abry Garcia asylum, but he granted him protection against deporting back to El Salvador due to “justified fear” of the persecution of the gang, according to his case. He was released and Ice did not like it.
Abrego Garcia checked in with ICE annually, while the Department of Internal Security issued a work permit for him, his lawyers gave him in court files. He joined the union and was employed full -time as a sheet metal apprentice.
He and Vasquez Sura raised three children, including a 5-year-old son who has autism, is deaf in one ear and is not able to communicate orally, in accordance with the complaint against the Trump administration. They also raise a 9-year-old with autism and a 10-year-old with epilepsy.
Does Abrego Garcia have a penal register?
Abrego Garcia was never accused of crime and denied the allegations of gang involvement. His lawyers pointed out that the informant claimed that he was a member of MS-13 at Long Island, where he never lived.
When and why was Abrego Garcia detained and deported?
In February, the Trump administration appointed MS-13 as a foreign terrorist organization and tried to remove members “as soon as possible.”
Abrego Garcia was pulled out on March 12 in front of the IKEA store in Baltimore with his son, in accordance with the court files. An agent named Vasquez Sura and said that she had 10 minutes to regain her son or ice, he would ask for children’s protection services.
Abrego Garcia called his wife from prison and said that the authorities pressed him to MS-13, in accordance with court documents. They asked about a photo in which he played basketball on a public pitch, and his family visits to a restaurant serving Mexican and Salvador food.
“He would tell the truth again and again – that he was not in the gang,” said Vasquez Sura in court documents.
On March 15, Abrego Garcia was part of the reported “three loads” by Salvadoran and Venezuela. Bloomberg News estimated that 90% of them They had no criminal registration in the USA.
What did the Supreme Court say about Abry Garcia?
The United States Supreme Court confirmed the lower field rulings, saying that Abry Garcia was wrongly deported and should be returned to the United States.
US District Judge Paula Xinis It required daily updates of what Trump’s administration is doing to return Abry Garcia.
What did Trump say about Abry Garcia?
Trump’s administration doubled its position that the government should not repatriate Abry Garcia, despite court rulings.
For weeks, officials alternating between admitting to Abri Garcia was deported incorrectly and arguing that the United States does not have in this case, because it is now In El Salvador.
On Monday, Trump The best advisers and Nayib bukele, The president of Salvador said they have no grounds to return Abry Garcia.
“The question is ridiculous. How can I smuggle a terrorist to the United States?” Bukele, sitting alongside Trump, told journalists in an oval office. “I have no power to return it to the United States.”
The next day, Xinis admonished the Department of Justice and said that he would be “No game or trying tolerance. “She ordered to complete the accelerated processing until April 23.
What do politicians say about Abrego Garcia?
Democrats sound an alarm about how Abrego Garcia is treated.
Many press back and the White House to follow the Supreme Court Directive.
In addition to the Booker, other democrats, including American representatives. Maxwell Frost from Florida and Robert Garcia from California are also planning trips.
USA Senator Chris Van Hollen from Maryland came to Salvador on Wednesday To press Abry Garcia.
In social media Fetterman he said “He called on the White House” to follow the Supreme Court Directive to facilitate the dismissal of Abry Garcia.
This article contains information from the Associated Press.
