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Read Abrego Garcia’s Court Filing [1]
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Date: 2025-07-02
Case 8:25-cv-00951-PX Document 211-3 Filed 07/02/25 Page 25 of 40 that Plaintiff Abrego Garcia's case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador, numerous high-ranking government officials, including Defendants, have publicly stated that they would not comply with the Courts' orders. 132. By way of example: On April 16, 2025, Attorney General Pamela Bondi stated: “He is not coming back to our country. President Bukele said he was not sending him back. That's the end of the story. If he wanted to send him back, we would give him a plane ride back. . . . But he's from El Salvador. He's in El Salvador, and that's where the president plans on keeping him.” Ex. J. On April 18, 2025, the official White House account posted on social media: "he's NOT coming back.” Ex. K. On April 25, 2025, President Trump stated in a public interview that he had not asked President Bukele to return Plaintiff Abrego Garcia, saying “I haven't been asked to ask him by my attorneys." Ex. L. On April 29, 2025, President Trump acknowledged he could secure Plaintiff Abrego Garcia's return, stating “I could" call the president of El Salvador and request his return, and that “if he were the gentleman that you say he is, I would do that. But he's not." Ex. M. On May 2, 2025, the official DHS account posted that Plaintiff Abrego Garcia "will never be allowed to return to the United States" and "will not return to our country under the Trump Administration.” Ex. N. On May 8, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testified before the Senate that "There is no scenario where Abrego Garcia will be in the United States again." Ex. O. When asked whether DHS had taken steps to process parole paperwork to allow Plaintiff Abrego Garcia to be readmitted into the United States in this case, Acting General Counsel of DHS Joseph Mazzara was adamant that he would not, under any circumstances, do so. See ECF No. 129-9. 133. These statements represent only a sampling of the numerous public declarations by Defendants and other associated high-ranking government officials demonstrating their categorical refusal to comply with the orders of the District and Supreme Court. Return to the United States 24
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