Laura Barron-Lopez:
The White House and the Homeland Security Department said in statements to us today — they’re essentially not admitting in any of the statements that they sent to us that this was to comply with those multiple judges’ orders to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return.
Remember, even the Supreme Court said that they had to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return from CECOT in order to follow due process.
But, rather, the White House is taking a victory lap. And in statements to us, they said that both Democrats and the media were — quote — “played like fools,” that they have no credibility.
But the facts are that, again, they were ordered to facilitate his return. Now, that also comes as a federal judge, James Boasberg, said just this week that those 100, more than 100 other Venezuelan migrants who were deported under the Alien Enemies Act, that they have to — that they were illegally deported. That’s what he ruled this week.
And he also said that the administration has until next week to come up with a plan so that those men can challenge their deportations. Now, what an immigration lawyer told me who’s representing some of those men is that what Abrego Garcia’s case means is that the administration, despite what they have said, can work with El Salvador to return some of these migrants that they have deported without due process.