Chief Justice John Roberts freezes order requiring return of alleged MS-13 gang member

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily halted an order directing the Trump administration to bring an alleged MS-13 gang member back into the country.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court earlier Monday to block an order directing officials to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported in March to El Salvador, back to the United States by 11:59 p.m.

“The United States cannot guarantee success in sensitive international negotiations in advance, least of all when a court imposes an absurdly compressed, mandatory deadline that vastly complicates the give-and-take of foreign-relations negotiations,” the administration wrote Tuesday in its emergency application. “The United States does not control the sovereign nation of El Salvador, nor can it compel El Salvador to follow a federal judge’s bidding.”

BREAKING: Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily freezes order requiring Trump admin to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 member who was deported to El Salvador in error, back to the US by midnight. pic.twitter.com/AjNmmhNIA6

— Katelynn Richardson (@katesrichardson) April 7, 2025

Roberts requested a response to the administration’s application by Tuesday at 5 p.m.

“Abrego Garcia has never been charged with a crime, in any country,” Abrego Garcia’s attorneys wrote in a filing Monday. “He is not wanted by the Government of El Salvador. He sits in a foreign prison solely at the behest of the United States, as the product of a Kafka-esque mistake.”

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, ordered the Trump administration on Friday to bring Abrego Garcia back. The administration acknowledges he was deported in error but maintains that he is a member of the foreign terrorist organization MS-13 who should not be allowed in the country.

Abrego Garcia illegally entered the United States in 2011 and later married Jennifer Vasquez Sura, an American citizen with whom he has a child, according to court records.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter’s byline, and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW

Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!

Success! Thank you for donating. Please share BPR content to help combat the lies.

About
Latest Posts

Katelynn Richardson

Latest posts by Katelynn Richardson (see all)

Jack Smith, Fani Willis forced to defend Trump prosecutions in simultaneous testimonies - December 18, 2025
Exclusive: Biden State Dept. appeared to ignore emails from would-be Trump assassin - December 16, 2025
Trump DOJ seeks to block officials from testifying in Judge Boasberg probe - December 12, 2025

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.