The Supreme Court tells Trump to "facilitate" the return of the Salvadoran man deported "in error."

WashingtonThe United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the migrant deported "in error" from El Salvador last month and tells the Donald Trump administration to take steps for his return. In an unsigned order, the high court asks the government to "facilitate and effectuate" the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego García, a legal resident in the country who had been protected from deportation since 2019. The Salvadoran was one of more than 200 migrants expelled on March 15 to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison when Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act. His case is a blatant example of the lack of due process suffered by people subject to the 1789 rule, who were basically deported on suspicion of belonging to the criminal gangs MS-13 and El Tren de Aragua.

Despite the Supreme Court's position, the return of 29-year-old Abreggo Garcia will not be immediate. What the high court did this Thursday was side with federal judge Paula Xinis, who had ordered the Trump administration to return the man by Monday night. Thus, the case returns to the Maryland court to clarify specific aspects of its initial sentence. The Supreme Court's ruling also tells the government that it should be prepared to "share everything it can regarding the steps taken and the prospect of new measures" that may be decided.

The Supreme Court also indicates that the courts may not have the power to require the executive branch to return Abrego Garcia. "The [federal judge's] order properly requires the government to 'facilitate' Abrego Garcia's release and ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly removed to El Salvador," the ruling states. "However, the intended scope of the term 'strict court' may be realized in the court's order.

The Supreme Court has taken action after government lawyers challenged the Maryland judge's initial order to return Abrego Garcia by midnight Monday. The order came after the U.S. government acknowledged it had 'mistakenly' deported the Marylander." Shortly before the deadline, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary pause on the lower court's order to allow time to rule on the lawyers' appeal. , who had been in the United States since 2011 and had sought asylum after fleeing the maras Salvadoran women, stated on Monday that there was no credible reason to accuse their client of being part of the MS-13 criminal gang. In a Kafkaesque response, the Justice Department acknowledged that it had deported him "due to an administrative error" and had "no power" to return him. The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has a close relationship with Trump and has always been willing to cooperate. In fact, this is the main reason why the Central American country has become the prison of the new US government in exchange for several million dollars. On Monday, April 14, Bukele is scheduled to travel to Washington to meet with the Republican.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents unexpectedly detained Abrego García in an Ikea parking lot, while his five-year-old autistic son was sitting in the back seat of the car. The Trump administration insists it's a mistake, but as organizations working with migrants explained to the ARA in January, ICE prepares its actions in advance before carrying out raids. "ICE agents don't act rashly. Deciding where to raid takes time because they have to gather information first."Bel Núñez, director of the Carecen organization, explained to ARA.

The Abrego García case has become one of the biggest scandals in Trump's campaign of mass deportations, while other relatives of those deported on that March 15 flight claim that their relatives and friends did not belong to any criminal gang either. The program 60 minutes Both Abrego García's lawyers and the Justice Department have expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court's ruling. The lawyers because it upholds Xinis's decision, and the government because it believes the high court is agreeing with it in that judges cannot dictate what the administration should do. It seems that the high court is treading carefully when it comes to ruling on cases that could be key to delimiting presidential power. Just two days ago, the Supreme Court lifted the blockade that the Washington judge imposed the use of the Enemies of Aliens Act to deport Venezuelans. Again, both immigration lawyers and the government celebrated the ruling. The former because the Supreme Court required the government to guarantee "judicial review" for individuals subjected to the law, and the latter because it reactivated a law that is intended to be key to mass deportations.