John Bickley

Tell us about that aspect of this.

What have we heard from Abrego Garcia?

Yeah, so the response so far from him, I mean, has really turned quite a few heads.

Some of his critics have said, you know, this sounds like it's a political campaign.

And he even appeared for a routine check-in with ICE in Baltimore on Friday.

And he ended up delivering remarks in Spanish before a crowd of activists.

His remarks essentially translated to the fact that he plans to fight the Trump administration.

He said, quote, And even his legal team has also condemned the Trump administration, saying they need to also face consequences.

This has all, of course, drawn a lot of criticism from those who have pointed to him being illegally in the country in the first place since all the way back in 2011 and the allegations brought against him by the administration of human trafficking and allegedly being a member of the gang MS-13, as well as some domestic violence allegations from restraining orders in past years.

Right.

Now, this order by the judge is, of course, controversial.

The Trump administration is obviously not happy with it.

What have we heard from them so far?

Yeah, so they're certainly not happy with this.

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin has called this a naked judicial activism, and the department is pledging to fight this tooth and nail in the courts.

Now, the Trump team also continues to highlight allegations against Ebrego Garcia.

When the administration sent him back to his home country of El Salvador back in March, he was ordered back to the United States.

But at that point, he was brought back on human smuggling charges stemming from a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop.

Officials say that body camera footage showed him behind the wheel with eight other passengers in tow.

The group had been on the road for days as they made their way from Texas to Maryland, and they had no luggage in the car.