BREAKING: El Salvador Won't Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Trump Won't Bring Him Back

We have breaking news, and it should shake every American to their core.

Today, in a joint press conference between President Donald Trump and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, both leaders were asked about the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported under Trump’s expanded use of the Alien Enemies Act.

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When asked directly whether he would facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, Trump handed the mic to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Her response? A complete distortion of the facts:

Bondi: “That’s up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That’s not up to us.”

That’s not just legally inaccurate — it’s morally bankrupt.

Trump followed up by falsely claiming the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in their favor, stating that no district court can “compel foreign policy.” That’s not what the Court ruled. What the Court did say — in language Trump’s team continues to distort — is that the United States must facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return if El Salvador releases him. Facilitate means do something, not just offer a plane ticket back to a prison cell.

Stephen Miller, now Deputy Chief of Staff, went even further, redefining “facilitate” to mean the U.S. would only fly Abrego Garcia back if El Salvador released him — just to deport him again.

Then came Bukele. When asked if El Salvador would release Abrego Garcia, his answer was just as jarring:

Bukele: “I don't have the power to return him to the United States.”

He added that he would not release Abrego Garcia back into El Salvador’s society either. In essence: a man who was wrongfully removed from this country is now indefinitely detained in a foreign megaprison, and both governments are pointing fingers while doing nothing to resolve it.

We are not just witnessing bureaucratic negligence — we are standing on the edge of a constitutional crisis. The Trump administration is openly defying the spirit and letter of the Supreme Court’s instructions. An erroneously deported man by all accounts is now a geopolitical pawn, stuck in a cage thousands of miles away, with no country claiming responsibility and no timeline for justice.

This is not theoretical. This is not a policy debate. This is a man’s life.

And it raises an urgent question: If the executive branch can ignore a Supreme Court ruling and strand a wrongfully deported man in a foreign prison, what can’t it do?

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