Ocasio-Cortez, Ivey Join House Colleagues in Demanding Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) joined Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) and several House colleagues in a letter last week to President Donald Trump demanding the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, to the United States, despite having been granted protection from deportation by a United States immigration court. Despite the Trump Administration admitting Mr. Abrego Garcia’s removal was a mistake and the Supreme Court ordering the facilitation of his return, the Trump Administration has indicated repeatedly it does not intend to comply with the Supreme Court’s order and bring Mr. Abrego Garcia back to the United States. Mr. Abrego Garcia is a Maryland resident, living in Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District with his U.S. citizen wife and family.

Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is joined by 150 of her House Democratic colleagues in sending this urgent letter to President Trump.

“Your administration has admitted that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s removal was an “administrative error.” As such, the Supreme Court of the United States ordered, in a unanimous ruling, that your administration must “facilitate” Mr. Abrego Garcia’s “release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.” This would mean his return to the United States,’ said the lawmakers. “The U.S. government must comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling and do everything in its power to get Mr. Abrego Garcia back to his family in the United States as quickly as possible.”

150 House Democrats signed the letter, including Reps. Amo, Ansari, Balint, Barragán, Bell, Bera, Beyer, Bonamici, Boyle, Brownley, Budzinski, Carbajal, Carson, Carter, Casar, Casten, Castor, Castro, Chu, Cisneros, Clarke, Cleaver, Cohen, Conaway, Connolly, Correa, Costa, Courtney, Craig, Crow, Davids, Davis, Dean, DeLauro, DelBene, DeSaulnier, Dexter, Doggett, Elfreth, Escobar, Espaillat, Evans, Foster, Foushee, Frankel, Friedman, Frost, Garcia (CA), Garcia (TX), Goldman, Gomez, Gonzalez, Goodlander, Gottheimer, Green, Hernández, Horsford, Houlahan, Hoyer, Hoyle, Huffman, Jackson (IL), Jacobs, Jayapal, Johnson (GA), Johnson (TX), Kamlager-Dove, Keating, Kelly (IL), Kennedy, Khanna, Krishnamoorthi, Landsman, Larsen, Larson, Lee (PA), Leger Fernandez, Liccardo, Lofgren, Lynch, Magaziner, Matsui, McClain Delaney, McClellan, McCollum, McGovern, McIver, Meeks, Menendez, Meng, Mfume, Moore (WI), Morrison, Mrvan, Mullin, Nadler, Neguse, Norcross, Norton, Ocasio-Cortez, Olszewski, Pallone, Panetta, Peters, Pettersen, Pingree, Pocan, Pressley, Quigley, Ramirez, Randall, Raskin, Rivas, Ross, Ruiz, Sánchez, Scanlon, Schakowsky, Schneider, Scholten, Schrier, Sewell, Sherman, Sherrill, Simon, Smith (WA, Soto, Stansbury, Stevens, Subramanyam, Takano, Thanedar, Thompson (MS), Thompson (CA), Titus, Tlaib, Tonko, Torres (CA), Torres (NY), Trahan, Vargas, Veasey, Velázquez, Vindman, Wasserman Schultz, Waters, Watson Coleman, Williams, Wilson.

Please find the text of the letter here.

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