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Kilmar Abrego Garcia tells senator of traumatizing stay in El Salvador prison

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USA TODAY

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🗓️ 19 April 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he's been traumatized by his experience in Salvadoran custody. Plus, an ambiguous Supreme Court ruling may have invited the Trump administration to refuse to try to return him.

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0:00.0

Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, April 19th, 2025.

0:10.0

This is the exit.

0:15.0

Today we're learning more about what conditions Kilmar-Abrego-Garcia has been held in.

0:19.0

Plus, the Supreme Court pauses deportations

0:21.9

of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. And we discussed the threat of domestic

0:26.4

terrorism 30 years after the Oklahoma City bombing. The Maryland man wrongly deported to El

0:33.6

Salvador and held in a notoriously violent prison told the senator that he's been traumatized

0:38.5

by the experience. During their meeting in Central America, Kilmar Abrago Garcia reported to Senator

0:43.7

Chris Van Hollen that he was moved over a week ago from that country's terrorism confinement center

0:48.7

or Seacot to another facility with better conditions, but that he had been traumatized by his time in

0:54.4

Seekot and that he had been taunted by other prisoners. Abrago Garcia's meeting with

0:58.8

Van Hollen this week was the first time he had been seen publicly since he was detained in March

1:03.6

by U.S. immigration officials near his home in Beltsville, Maryland. Even though the Supreme Court

1:08.5

told Trump administration officials to facilitate the return of Abrago Garcia, the case could soon be back at the Supreme Court told Trump administration officials to facilitate the

1:11.2

return of Abrago Garcia, the case could soon be back at the Supreme Court's doorstep. The Trump

1:16.2

administration says it does not need to even request his release from El Salvador because of how

1:21.0

the court worded its decision. As of this morning, Abrago Garcia remains in custody in El Salvador.

1:27.0

You can read more with a link in today's show notes.

1:33.6

The Supreme Court earlier today paused the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan

1:38.3

men in immigration custody after their lawyers said they were at imminent risk of removal

1:42.7

without the judicial review previously mandated by the court.

1:46.7

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed urgent request yesterday in multiple courts, including the Supreme Court,

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