U.S. officials said in court filings on Sunday that they were not obligated to help a Maryland resident get out of prison in El Salvador after he was erroneously deported, despite a Supreme Court ruling directing the government to “facilitate” his return to the United States.

Attorneys for the administration of President Donald Trump said the high court’s order to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia meant they should “remove any domestic obstacles that would otherwise impede the alien’s ability to return here,” not help extract him from El Salvador.

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    I don’t think he’s a citizen. Just a legal immigrant.

    And actually from El Salvador, so it’s his own government that’s refusing to return him to America.

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      21 hours ago

      A legal immigrant, a documented immigrant. Going through the legal process of becoming a citizen. Deported during the process despite following the rules. Sent to a fucking slave prison without a trial or hearing.

      Absolutely disgusting.

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      Be that as it may, a man who is convicted of no crime, who has not even seen the inside of a courtroom, has been declared a terrorist and summarily sentenced to an indefinite prison term because of us, and Trump considers it a great success. This is the moment that all doubt is removed that we’re in a dictatorship.

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        It’s actually worse than that this person committed no crimes saw no trial has been kidnapped, stripped up their human rights, and sent to another country to be held and used as forced labor for the rest of their life.

        This person literally just got slave traded.