President Trump’s aides abruptly said the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, had been lawfully sent to a prison in El Salvador, contradicting what officials themselves have said in court filings.
Stephen Miller’s sudden turnabout on whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia had been wrongfully deported appeared to go against the findings of the Supreme Court.
The Justice Department’s latest legal filing asserted that courts cannot direct President Trump’s foreign policy by forcing the return of a man unlawfully sent to a Salvadoran prison.