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happy feet

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Mon Apr 14, 2025, 12:26 PM Apr 2025

Salvadoran president says he won't return wrongly deported man to U.S. [View all]

Source: Washington Post

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday that he did not plan to return to Kilmar Abrego García to the United States. “How can I return him to the United States?” Bukele asked Monday during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. “I smuggle him into the United States? Of course I’m not going to do it.” The comments come a day after the Justice Department told a federal judge that it isn’t required to bring home a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/14/trump-presidency-news-tariffs-deportations/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

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Kiddnapping charges need to be brought randr Apr 2025 #1
Bad Faith arguments are common to all Autocrats. maxsolomon Apr 2025 #2
So all of those sent there got a life sentence, for what? intrepidity Apr 2025 #3
arrest all the officials involved for kidnapping moonshinegnomie Apr 2025 #4
Right Easterncedar Apr 2025 #9
This is what I've been saying. AG's of states where these people were removed from AZJonnie Apr 2025 #21
id also have the garcia sue every official into bankruptcy moonshinegnomie Apr 2025 #23
I don't know if that's possible but if it is, then by all means AZJonnie Apr 2025 #24
Trump probably demanded that he say this. Lonestarblue Apr 2025 #5
EXACTLY!! bluestarone Apr 2025 #7
BINGO! Norrrm Apr 2025 #13
No probably about it, that IS exactly what happened, and why he is here in the US right now AZJonnie Apr 2025 #25
Their plan worked perfectly. bluestarone Apr 2025 #6
Why do I think he is dead or really hurt? Botany Apr 2025 #8
I think this is quite likely. mn9driver Apr 2025 #15
Almost any human on earth could die from what he went through Botany Apr 2025 #16
My BP is up along with many others' ... LSparkle Apr 2025 #27
Let's see,,,, you the president - you tell the jail hand to over the man ASAP! Owens Apr 2025 #10
Easy - WoodyHam Apr 2025 #11
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2025 #29
It's not that complicated. They (Bukele and Trump) don't want to do it. IronLionZion Apr 2025 #12
I'll bet you anything if someone offered this character a million bucks to let Garcia walk out of prison Vinca Apr 2025 #14
I continue to wonder if he was disappeared even before the plane left for El Salvador. lamp_shade Apr 2025 #17
NBC News Coverage ... MayReasonRule Apr 2025 #18
Fuck the media -- they are complicit LSparkle Apr 2025 #28
With any other President... TheBadWolf Apr 2025 #19
What are you saying? AZJonnie Apr 2025 #26
I'm saying they would give him the ol' Manuel Noriega n/t TheBadWolf Apr 2025 #30
What are the courts going to do ? republianmushroom Apr 2025 #20
Law enforcement is controlled by the executive. mn9driver Apr 2025 #22
If Congress stopped funding El Salvador to keep them Emile Apr 2025 #31
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