The President That Didn’t Bark

The one figure we haven’t heard from in the drama over the deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is the leader of El Salvador.

AP/Mark Schiefelbein
Secretary of State Rubio meets with President Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque at El Salvador, February 3, 2025. AP/Mark Schiefelbein

Where is the line between “deference owed to the Executive Branch” and defiance of a court order? That’s a question in the case of a Salvadoran illegal immigrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. In March he was deported to a prison in his native land due to an “administrative error,” the Justice Department says. The Supreme Court on Thursday said America must “facilitate” — whatever that means — Mr. Abrego Garcia’s release. 

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