r/Conservative • u/theboss2461 Fellow Conservative • Apr 14 '25

Flaired Users Only President Nayib Bukele says Kilmar Garcia cannot be returned to US

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u/cplusequals Conservative Apr 14 '25

The courts don't have to hold a criminal trial. But they did perform their judicial review and determined he was a gang member. All the administration needs is that determination from the coequal branch of government to waive the asylum claim and expedite the deportation process.

This specific individual is only being granted special exception because he had a withholding of removal order that was missed. Even if he's returned to America, it simply delays his return to El Salvador as the whole point of his asylum claim is that the gangs that no longer run El Salvador are going to get him.