Dispute over Trump’s deportation policy: Hardening test for the rule of law

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Dispute over Trump’s deportation policy: Hardening test for the rule of law

A brutal murder becomes a political weapon in the White House to suffocate criticism of the controversial deportation of a migrant to El Salvador. The concern of a constitutional crisis grows.

The government of US President Donald Trump is increasingly in trouble in the event of the accidentally deported migrant to El Salvador. While the democratic US senator Chris Van Hollen personally campaigned for the return of the man on a trip to the Central American country, who is now sitting in a notorious prison, the Trump government had to take a defeat in court-she threatens criminal proceedings. At the same time, the White House tried to pull the public on his side with a media -effective appearance.

The deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia comes from El Salvador and, according to US media, had illegally entered the USA in 2012 on the run from gang violence. Although his asylum application was rejected in 2019, he received protection against deportation for impending persecution. Nevertheless, the 29 -year -old family man was arrested in mid -March in the state of Maryland – which the Senator van Hollen represents in the Senate – and deported shortly afterwards. The US government initially spoke of an “administrative mistake”, but at the same time confirmed the accusation that he himself was a member of the notorious gang MS-13. Abegos lawyers deny that.

A federal judge has ordered that the Trump government has to bring the man back. In the meantime, the case ended up with the Supreme Court of the United States. Since then there has been legal tits about what should continue.

Democrat van Hollen spoke to the Salvadorian Vice President during his visit to El Salvador. However, he explained that a personal meeting or even a telephone conversation with Abrego Garcia was not made possible. Previously, Trump’s Minister of Homeland Protection Kristi Noem had visited prison and posed in front of the cells where prisoners are sitting.

Riley Moore’s Republican Congressman also received access. A photo that he himself published on X shows him with a high thumb in front of a prison cell. Van Hollen emphasized that he did not want a prison tour, but only a conversation with the detained.

“If you listen to President Trump and the Trump government, you might think that US courts have noticed that Mr. Abrego Garcia belongs to MS-13, but that’s not the case,” said van Hollen in front of reporters in El Salvador. He threw Trump, Minister of Justice Pam Bondi and Vice President JD Vance in this case.

The White House spontaneously announced a press appearance with a “guest of honor” in the middle of the heated debate, but did not reveal who is coming. The mother of a woman killed in the state of Maryland finally came in front of the cameras. She had been brutally murdered by a man from El Salvador who had traveled to the USA. The case has nothing to do with the deportation of Abrego Garcia, only the country of origin of the perpetrator and Maryland serve as a setting.

The White House has answered questions about the legality of deportation for days with reference to the brutal murder of the jogger and tries to present the media and democrats as empathy.

“This is the kind of criminals that President Trump wants to remove from our country,” said the completely dissolved mother in the briefing room of the White House in front of journalists and described the terrible act in detail. She complained about Senator Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador at tax costs “to bring back someone who is not even an American citizen”. After her appearance, silence was in the briefing room. Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt hugged the mother, the two left the podium quickly.