Jeffries: The Trump administration should be held in contempt by the Supreme Court for deporting a Salvadoran immigrant

On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said that the Trump administration’s deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,

An illegal immigrant from El Salvador and former Maryland resident, should be considered for contempt by the Supreme Court.

A lower court’s decision to allow Abrego Garcia’s return from an El Salvadorian jail where federal authorities transported hundreds of gang members and suspected criminals.

Last month was affirmed by the Supreme Court on Thursday. “The Supreme Court has made clear that Mr. Abrego Garcia should not have been deported,” Jeffries said at a news conference.

On Tuesday on Democrats’ planned “Save Social Security Day of Action” to protest alleged social security cutbacks.

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“In fact, the Trump administration has acknowledged that fact and so they need to comply with the Supreme Court’s directive or the Supreme Court needs.

To enforce its order aggressively, which should include contempt.” According to the Supreme Court, Abrego Garcia was prohibited from leaving.

The country by a withholding order in 2019 and his departure was “therefore illegal.” The government must assist in his release from El Salvadorian captivity.

And handle his case as if he had never been deported, the Court emphasized. Due to a threat from a rival gang, an immigration court in 2019 determined that.

Garcia was removable to any location other than El Salvador since he had not adequately denied proof of MS-13 connection. This decision is known as a withholding order.

Democrats, left-leaning media, and human rights activists have criticized the Trump administration for deporting Abrego Garcia back to his native country.

At first, Trump officials admitted that his dismissal was the result of a “administrative error.” Federal Judge Slams DOJ Regarding Alleged MS-13 Gang Member’s Activities After SCOTUS Order

Following Trump’s designation of the vicious gang as a terrorist organization, Abrego Garcia was deported after two judges determined that.

He was a member of the MS-13 gang, according to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Monday.

Miller said that Abrego Garcia lost all of his eligibility for U.S. immigration benefits when Trump designated MS-13 a terrorist organization.

WATCH: AG states, “We do not want Kilmar Abrego Garcia back.” According to Pam Bondi Miller, Abrego Garcia had a pending deportation order, which meant that due to his identification.

As a foreign terrorist, he was not even permitted to remain in the United States and had to be removed. Abrego Garcia is raising three children with her spouse, a U.S. citizen.

In the meanwhile, Jeffries said that he was backing Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in his attempts to meet with El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele during his visit.

Van Hollen is attempting to have Abrego Garcia returned to the United States. On Monday, Bukele and Trump had a bilateral meeting at the White House that was mostly on immigration.

“I support the efforts and leadership of Senator Chris Van Hollen,” Jeffries said. “The president should accept that meeting request and have a real discussion.