No, the Supreme Court did not give Trump free rein in the case of a wrongly deported man.
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OnApril4,afederaldistrictcourtorderedtheTrumpadministrationto“facilitateandeffectuatethereturn…totheUnitedStates”ofKilmarArmandoAbregoGarcia,amanwhomtheTrumpadministrationadmitsthatitunlawfullydeportedtoaSalvadoranprisonbecauseofan“administrativeerror.”
OnApril10,theU.S.SupremeCourtlargelyaffirmedthedistrictcourt’sposition.Inanunsignedorder,issuedwithnonoteddissents,theSupremeCourtdeclaredthatthedistrictcourt’sorder“properlyrequirestheGovernmentto‘facilitate’AbregoGarcia’sreleasefromcustodyinElSalvadorandtoensurethathiscaseishandledasitwouldhavebeenhadhenotbeenimproperlysenttoElSalvador.”TheSupremeCourtthenfurtherorderedtheTrumpadministrationto“bepreparedtosharewhatitcanconcerningthestepsithastakenandtheprospectoffurthersteps.”
YettheTrumpadministrationisnowprofferingabizarroworldversionofthatorderwhichturnstheSupremeCourt’
