Maxwell Frost: Trump is not doing anything to bring Abrego García back

Washington-also left a trip to El Salvador, representative Maxwell Frost (D-Fla) said Tuesday that he can confirm firsthand that President Donald Trump is not doing anything to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego García, and his administration must be despised for disobeying an order of the Supreme Court.

Frost was one of the few democrats from the House of Representatives who visited El Salvador to demand the liberation of Abrego García, a citizen Salvador The Trump administration was wrongly deported to an El Salvador prison last month due to an “administrative error.” The Supreme Court unanimously ruled this month that the Trump administration should help return Abrego Garcia to the United States to ensure that he obtains due process.

Now back in his district in Florida, Frost told reporters in a press call he discovered in El Salvador that the United States embassy there “is practically in the dark” in any plan to bring Abrego García back.

“We had an informative session classified with the ambassador,” he said. “When leaving that meeting, I can tell the people that the Trump administration has not told the embassy to begin the facilitation of their return.”

When asked if he supports the idea that Trump administration officials are detained in contempt of the court, Frost did not hesitate to say yes.

“I think it’s a good idea,” he said. “The order of the Supreme Court is blatantly disobeying. The administration will tell you:” We are not disobeying it. “… I can now say that they are disobeying it.

The Trump administration has repeatedly ignored the judicial orders that demand that “facilitate” the liberation of Abrego García. Three courts, a district court, a Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court, have ordered Trump officials to help with the return of Abrego García to the United States so that his case can be managed as if the government had not misunderstood it.

Meanwhile, Trump’s officials continue to lying about who Abrego García is and turning the Pretzels to avoid admitting that he was mistakenly deported. The president himself has made fun of the idea of ​​bringing him back, saying that he is out of his hands. On Sunday, Trump came to threaten legal actions against anyone who does not put his side on the fight.

“Those who lie to the American people on behalf of violent criminals must be responsible for agencies and courts,” Trump Sunday Ony on Truth wrote, the platform he owns.

Frost said Tuesday that he hopes that the decision on the return of Abrego García ends before the Supreme Court again, and when he does, “they should definitely find the administration in contempt.”

Via News

The judge who currently presides over the case of Abrego García, the American district judge Paula Xinis, has already suggested that he is Weighing contempt procedures Against Trump’s officials. If you advance with him, that could mean penalties such as jail, fines or public censorship.

However, a problem for the courts is that these punishments Require the application By an executive branch agency, all of which are now led by Trump’s loyal, or the application of officials who can really feel shame, which may not exist within the Trump administration.

Frost said the Democrats plan to maintain attention to Abrego García’s case to press Trump to facilitate his release. He pointed out that more legislators are planning trips to El Salvador in the near future to demand their return to the United States.

The point of all this is not even about Abrego García, he said, but what it means when a president ignores judicial orders and constitutional law of people to due process.

“We are on a very dark path,” said Frost. “About a week ago, the president, in the Oval office, said he wants to make ‘homemade’ below, and that he is talking about sending US citizens to prisons, gulags and prisons worldwide, which is obviously unconstitutional and illegal.”

He added: “We want to make sure we can advocate for the liberation of Abrego García, and others also, who have not received their due process.”