周一，在椭圆形办公室坐在唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)旁边的萨尔瓦多总统纳伊布·布克勒(Nayib Bukele)表示，他不会遣返被错误驱逐出境的马里兰州移民基尔马·阿布雷戈·加西亚(Kilmar garcía)。
“我没有权力把他送回美国，”当一名记者问及此事时，布克勒说。
"我怎么能把一个恐怖分子偷运进美国?"他补充道，并重复了特朗普政府的说法，即阿布雷戈·加西亚是MS-13的“恐怖分子”团伙成员——在围绕他的命运的法庭斗争中，特朗普政府没有声称这一点。
自称“世界上最酷的独裁者”的布克勒已经成为特朗普有争议的驱逐行动的重要合作伙伴，他称这是一个“荒谬的问题”，他说“当然，我不会这么做，”特朗普点头表示同意。
阿布雷戈·加西亚的家人和律师否认他与MS-13团伙有任何联系。政府没有公开出示证据证明阿布雷戈·加西亚是MS-13的成员或恐怖分子，他也没有被指控任何罪行或被定罪。
阿布雷戈·加西亚被送往萨尔瓦多臭名昭著的塞科特监狱，政府称这是一个“行政错误”，尽管2019年法院下令禁止将他驱逐到萨尔瓦多。他的律师称，由于政治暴力，他于2011年逃离萨尔瓦多。
阿布雷戈·加西亚的律师本杰明·奥索里奥告诉美国广播公司新闻，对于萨尔瓦多总统布克莱说他“没有权力”将这名马里兰州男子遣返美国，他有“非常严重的关切”
奥索里奥说，布科勒和特朗普总统“都受到激励”，不会让阿布雷戈·加西亚回来。
“布克勒这样做是因为这显然是特朗普想要的，对吗?，”奥索里奥说。“因为如果他们让[阿布雷戈·加西亚]回来，这将是媒体的狂热，这个家伙将会出现在所有的新闻上，然后我们就会知道他的经历。”
最高法院上周命令川普政府“协助”阿布雷戈·加西亚回国。特朗普周五表示，“如果最高法院说把某人带回来，我会告诉他们这样做。我尊重最高法院。”
但特朗普一天后改变了方针，而是暗示那些被驱逐出境的人的命运取决于布克勒。
周一，特朗普忽略了他声明中的一个问题，即他将遵守最高法院的裁决，而是攻击询问此事的CNN记者。
他的高级官员重复了他的说法，接下来会发生什么完全取决于萨尔瓦多，法院不能指导行政部门如何参与外交关系。
司法部长帕姆·邦迪说:“这取决于萨尔瓦多是否愿意归还他。”。
国务卿马尔科·卢比奥说:“我不明白这是什么困惑。”。“此人是萨尔瓦多公民。他在美国非法居留，然后被遣返回国。”
邦迪、卢比奥和特朗普的国土安全顾问斯蒂芬·米勒(Stephen Miller)都指出，最高法院上周的命令是政府在这场正在进行的法律纠纷中的胜利。(美国政府将于周一晚些时候公布阿布雷戈·加西亚的每日最新情况，另一场听证会将于周二举行)。
米勒错误地声称，法院以9比0裁定“国务卿和总统都不能被任何人强迫从萨尔瓦多强行取回萨尔瓦多公民。”
但事实上，最高法院认为:“政府应该准备分享它所能采取的措施以及进一步措施的前景。”
最高法院还说，“美国承认对阿布雷戈·加西亚下达了暂缓执行令，禁止将他驱逐到萨尔瓦多，因此将他驱逐到萨尔瓦多是非法的。”
特朗普政府已经将数百名被他们称为委内瑞拉帮派成员的移民驱逐到萨尔瓦多，尽管他们这样做似乎没有经过什么正当程序。卢比奥周日在社交媒体上发表帖子说，与MS-13和Tren de Aragua有关的另外10名涉嫌犯罪的人被驱逐到萨尔瓦多，这些努力仍在继续
卢比奥写道，特朗普和布克莱之间的“联盟”已经成为我们半球安全和繁荣的典范。
特朗普和布克勒周一在椭圆形办公室的会议上互相称赞，吹捧他们的关系。特朗普称萨尔瓦多总统为“伟大的朋友”，布克勒表示，他“非常渴望帮助”政府。
除了驱逐据称的委内瑞拉帮派成员，特朗普和几名官员还提出将被判犯有暴力罪行的美国公民送往臭名昭著的萨尔瓦多监狱或其他外国监狱-法律专家表示，这将违反宪法。
“我完全赞成，”特朗普周一谈到这个想法。
“如果是土生土长的罪犯，我没有问题。现在我们正在研究法律……如果我们能做到这一点，那很好，”特朗普说。
El Salvador's Bukele, meeting with Trump, says he won't return migrant wrongfully deported
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, sitting next to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, said on Monday he will not return Kilmar Abrego García, a migrant from Maryland who was wrongfully deported.
"I don't have the power to return him to the United States," Bukele said when a reporter asked.
"How could I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?" he added, repeating the Trump administration's claim that Abrego García is a "terrorist" gang member of MS-13 -- which it has not claimed in the court battle over his fate.
Bukele, the self-described "world's coolest dictator" who has become a key partner in Trump's controversial deportations, called it a "preposterous question," saying "of course, I'm not going to do it," as Trump nodded in agreement.
Abrego Garcia's family and lawyer have denied he has any affiliation with the MS-13 gang. The administration has not publicly presented evidence that Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13 or a terrorist, and he has not been charged with any crime or convicted.
Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison following what the government said was an "administrative error," despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to El Salvador. His attorneys say he escaped El Salvador in 2011 due to political violence.
Benjamin Osorio, an attorney for Abrego Garcia, told ABC News that he has "very serious concerns" in response to Salvadoran President Bukele's remarks that he doesn't "have the power" to return the Maryland man to the U.S.
Osorio said that Bukele and President Trump are "both incentivized" not to bring Abrego Garcia back.
"Bukele's doing this because that's obviously what Trump wants, right?," Osorio said. "Because if they bring [Abrego Garcia] back, it's going to be a media frenzy, and this guy's gonna be all over the news, and then we'll know about his experience."
The Supreme Court last week ordered the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Abrego Garcia. Trump on Friday said, "If the Supreme Court said bring somebody back, I would tell them to do that. I respect the Supreme Court."
But Trump changed course a day later, instead suggesting the fate of those deported rested with Bukele.
And on Monday, Trump ignored a question on his statement that he would abide by the Supreme Court ruling, instead attacking the CNN reporter who asked about it.
His top officials repeated his claim that what happens next is solely up to El Salvador and that courts can't direct how the executive branch engages in foreign relations.
"It's up to El Salvador if they want to return him," Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
"I don't understand what the confusion is," said Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "This individual is a citizen of El Salvador. He was illegally in the United States and was returned to his country."
Bondi, Rubio and Stephen Miller, Trump's homeland security adviser, all pointed to the Supreme Court's order last week as a win for the administration in the ongoing legal dispute. (The administration is due to give a daily status update on Abrego Garcia later Monday and another hearing is set for Tuesday).
Miller falsely claimed the court ruled 9-0 that "neither Secretary of State nor the president could be compelled by anybody to forcibly retrieve a citizen of El Salvador from El Salvador."
But in fact, the Supreme Court held: "The Government should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps."
The Supreme Court also said, "The United States acknowledges that Abrego Garcia was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal."
The Trump administration has deported hundreds of migrants they allege to be Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, though have done so with seemingly little due process. Rubio, in a social media post on Sunday, said the efforts continued with another 10 alleged criminals associated with MS-13 and Tren de Aragua deported to El Salvador
Rubio wrote that the "alliance" between Trump and Bukele "has become an example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere."
Trump and Bukele praised one another in their Oval Office meeting on Monday, touting their relationship. Trump called the Salvadoran president a "great friend" and Bukele said he was "very eager to help" the administration.
In addition to deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members, Trump and several officials have floated sending U.S. citizens convicted of violent crimes to the infamous El Salvador prison or other foreign prisons -- something legal experts have said would violate the Constitution.
"I'm all for it," Trump said of the idea on Monday.
"If it's a homegrown criminal, I have no problem. Now we're studying the laws right now … If we can do that, that's good," Trump said.
