White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reacted strongly to a federal judge ruling on Friday that the Trump administration must reverse a prior deportation to El Salvador.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled that the administration sending Kilmar Abrego Garcia to CECOT, a prison in El Salvador used to contain gang members, was “an illegal act,” per a report from USA Today.
Xinis ordered that the return of Garcia must take place by the end of Monday.
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Leavitt nevertheless contested the order, offering that Xinis should contact El Salvador President Nayib Bukele “because we are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction or authority over the country of El Salvador.”
Leavitt also said earlier this week that Garcia was part of the “brutal and vicious” MS-13
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