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Trump, El Salvador president indicate no intention of returning mistakenly deported man

PBS News Hour - Segments

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Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

President Trump met with El Salvador's leader as both governments rejected responsibility for the fate of a man the administration admits was wrongly deported. The Supreme Court said last week the U.S. must facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Attorney General Bondi said the return is at El Salvador’s discretion, but President Bukele claims his hands are tied. Laura Barrón-López reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Welcome to the NewsHour. A remarkable scene inside the Oval Office today, President Trump and key members of his administration meeting with the president of El Salvador.

0:10.3

Both governments rejecting responsibility for the fate of a Maryland man the administration admits was wrongly deported.

0:17.8

The Supreme Court decided last week the U.S. government must facilitate the return of

0:23.6

Kilmar-Abrego Garcia. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Garcia's return is at El Salvador's

0:30.0

discretion.

0:31.9

He was illegally in our country.

0:33.7

He had been illegally in our country.

0:36.1

Right now, it was a paperwork, it was additional paperwork, had needed to be done.

0:41.3

That's up to El Salvador if they want to return him.

0:45.3

That's not up to us. The Supreme Court rule president that if, as El Salvador wants to return him,

0:50.3

this is international matters, foreign affairs.

0:53.3

If they wanted to return him, we is international matters, foreign affairs. If they wanted to return him,

0:55.8

we would facilitate it, meaning provide a plane. But President Buckele also claimed his hands were tied.

1:04.2

How can I return him to the United States? It's like I smuggle him into the United States or whether

1:08.5

I do it. Of course, I'm not going to do it. It's like, I mean, the question is preposterous. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United

1:16.6

States? I don't have the power to return him to the United States. For more, I am joined by

1:22.3

our White House correspondent, Laura Beron-Lopez, who has been covering the latest. Hi.

1:30.3

Hi. Help us understand the evolving context, this relationship between these two presidents we saw sitting next to each other today.

1:35.3

So for some background on President Bucheli, he has described himself as, quote, the world's

1:39.3

coolest dictator. And President Bucheli essentially believes that when someone is president, they become

1:45.1

the law. He's not known in his country for respecting the rights of people inside the criminal

1:49.6

justice system. And he has been politically rewarded back home for creating these mega prisons

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