Jeffrey Toobin expressed skepticism regarding the possible return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national mistakenly deported by the Trump administration. Abrego Garcia, a sheet metal worker and father of three, was arrested in Baltimore and sent to CECOT prison in El Salvador, facing accusations of gang affiliation. Despite a federal court's direction to retrieve him, Trump insists the matter rests with El Salvador's president. Legal experts alike doubt the constitutionality of such deportations, signaling potential overreach in presidential power amid ongoing tensions surrounding immigration policy.
The president maintains the decision is up to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. On Monday, Trump hosted Bukele in the White House and was overheard telling his Latin American counterpart to build more prisons for home-growns, or American citizens Trump seemingly plans to deport to El Salvador.
Toobin, a former federal prosecutor, appeared on CNN on Monday and John Berman asked if such a move would be remotely constitutional. Not as far as I'm aware, Toobin said. There are laws about how we punish people in this country.
After alleging Abrego Garcia is a member of the infamous MS-13 gang, lawyers for the government said he was deported because of an administrative error.
Totally agree, echoed former U.S. District Judge Shira Sheindlin. You cannot do that. But this president seems to want to push the limits of power and see how far he can get.
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