A Maryland father was mistakenly sent to a Salvadoran prison. The administration called it an “administrative error.” Nick Miroff of The Atlantic joins to discuss. Farmers, a constituency that supported Trump, are worried about the impact of tariffs. The Wall Street Journal’s Kristina Peterson talks about how they’re feeling. Politico’s Alice Miranda Ollstein discusses a Planned Parenthood case that went before the Supreme Court. Plus, why you shouldn’t rush to buy gold, the similarities between the fault line that caused the Myanmar earthquake and the San Andreas Fault in California, and tips to reduce your suffering this allergy season. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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Good morning. It's Thursday, April 3rd. I'm Shmeetha Basu. This is Apple News Today. On today's show, some farmers start to fear the squeeze from Trump's tariffs. Planned Parenthood faces threats to its funding on multiple fronts. And why every allergy season feels worse than the last.
But first, the Trump administration says they've deported a man from Maryland to El Salvador in error, but that they stand by the deportation and are powerless to bring him home. The man's name is Kilmar Abrego-Garcia. Atlantic reporter Nick Miroff was the first to report on the so-called error.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was arrested in Maryland on March 12th. Within 48 hours, he was relocated down to an ICE deportation staging area in South Texas. And, you know, two days later, his wife recognized him in the photos released by the Salvadoran president showing all of these detainees arriving in that mega prison complex after the Trump administration's three deportation flights.
According to court filings, Abrego Garcia came to the United States almost 15 years ago as a teenager after fleeing gang violence in El Salvador, the very country where he is now detained. In 2019, Garcia received protected legal status after a judge determined that he could be a target if he were deported back to El Salvador.
In the years since, his wife, who is an American citizen, says Abrego Garcia attended regular check-ins with ICE, followed the rules, and is the family's main breadwinner, working five days a week as a sheet metal worker while also attending college classes. Abrego Garcia is the father of several kids, also American citizens, including his five-year-old son who has disabilities.
Despite never having been charged with a crime, the Trump administration alleges that Abrego Garcia ran a gang. His attorney says that that label is the result of an incident in 2019 where he and three other men were detained. One of the men allegedly said that Abrego Garcia was a gang member, but didn't have proof. And Abrego Garcia maintained that he was not affiliated with a gang.
Here's his wife, Jennifer, speaking with CBS News.
He's not a criminal. My husband is an amazing person, an amazing father.
Abrego Garcia's attorney is pushing for the courts to order the Trump administration to bring him back to the United States and to even withhold payments to the Salvadoran government, which is charging the United States to imprison deportees. Miroff said there is a process to deport someone with protected status, but the administration isn't following that protocol here.
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