Jeffries calls on judge to set deadline for Abrego Garcia's return [View all]
Source: The Hill
04/15/25 11:19 AM ET
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is calling on a federal judge to set a deadline at a Tuesday hearing for the Trump administration to comply with a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador.
In an interview Monday on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki,” the Democratic leader stressed the importance of enforcing the Supreme Court ruling and said setting a new deadline is the first step. “I think what the court needs to do is to set a deadline as it relates to compliance with the quasi-directive that came down from the Supreme Court related to returning Mr. Garcia,” Jeffries said in the interview.
“Specify that, and then make sure that it happens,” he continued. Jeffries said the court could then take steps to hold members of the Trump administration in contempt if they do not comply with the deadline. “The Supreme Court and/or the federal district court actually needs to enforce its order,” he said. “And the vehicles that are available for the court to do that relate to contempt.”
“That contempt can be directed at a variety of different members of the Trump administration, including, but not limited to, the secretary of State and/or his or her designees, and the secretary of homeland security and/or his or her designees for the court to determine,” Jeffries added.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5249481-jeffries-deadline-abrego-garcia-return-el-salvador-trump-deportation/
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