DHS Secretary Flouts SCOTUS Order, Says 'No Scenario' Where Abrego Garcia Comes Back

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Source: Huff Post

May 8, 2025, 06:06 PM EDT


WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday openly flouted a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S., insisting during a Senate committee hearing that there is “no scenario” in which the Maryland man will be in the country again.

In response, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called her remarks “incredibly chilling for the balance of powers in a democracy.” Noem was testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee when she made her comments about Abrego Garcia, who federal law enforcement officials last month arrested in his home state of Maryland and deported to an El Salvador prison.

The Trump administration has accused Abrego Garcia, who has no criminal record, of being a member of the international gang MS-13, which his family and attorneys have denied. Originally from El Salvador, he was granted a “withholding of removal” order in 2019, which prevents the U.S. government from sending him back to his country of origin due to a credible fear of persecution. He’d been legally living in Maryland until ICE agents detained and deported him in March, which the administration said was due to an “administrative error.”

In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court last month ordered the Trump administration to immediately “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return and proceed with its case against him in the U.S., as he was never given due process, which is required by the Constitution. But the administration has been violating the court’s order — which on Thursday Noem bizarrely said wasn’t true, while also insisting Abrego Garcia is never coming back to the U.S.

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