Trump administration sends man to notorious El Salvador prison because of 'error'

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

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In a court filing Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pointed to an "administrative error" for why it deported a man to a prison in El Salvador, even though he has protected legal status in the U.S. We speak with Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, who is a lawyer for the man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Then, Kevin Griffis, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's office of communications, explains his decision to quit his job. And, several bills making their way through state legislatures across the country are tackling elements of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement. STAT's Isabella Cueto discusses some of the bills that aim to tackle food additives and improve public health.

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0:17.6	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:22.8	Immigration officials admit they mistakenly deported a person with a legal right to be in the U.S.
0:28.7	will speak with the man's lawyer.
0:30.8	Even though they admit that they deported him to El Salvador, despite a judge's order prohibiting them from doing so,
0:37.3	they're saying there's nothing
0:38.1	that anyone can make us do to bring him back. It's Tuesday, April 1st, and this is here and now
0:43.2	anytime from NPR and WBUR. I'm Chris Bentley. Today on the show, we'll look at what it really means to make America healthy again
1:01.1	as the Department of Health and Human Services begins its purge of thousands of full-time workers.
1:07.4	The former communications chief at the CDC tells us why he quit.
1:11.5	Increasingly, I was seeing the top health official in the country saying things that were inaccurate.
1:18.3	Also, Democrats might be pushing back on cuts to federal health programs,
1:22.3	but some blue states have their own laws banning food additives and taxing junk food, echoing some of
1:28.9	RFK Jr.'s claims about nutrition.
1:31.5	Taxes have historically been opposed by industry, and now I think industry is feeling
1:36.5	a little bit more cornered by all of this action, and there could be an opportunity for
1:41.0	taxes on soda, alcohol, other Sweden beverages.
1:49.5	Before we get to that, though, the Trump administration blamed administrative error
1:54.9	for the wrongful deportation of a man legally in the U.S.
1:59.1	But even after admitting its error,
2:01.8	the government is refusing to reunite him
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