The Justice Department disclosed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading negotiations for the return of a Venezuelan man sent to a Salvadoran prison.
The disclosure, made in Monday court filings, is no guarantee the Trump administration will secure the return of a man known only in court documents as Cristian, who was deported in spite of court-ordered protections.
But it strikes a less aggressive tone as the Trump administration has otherwise resisted efforts to comply with various court orders requiring them to return migrants who were wrongly removed.
The filing notes Rubio’s long-standing relationship with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
“Based on his deep diplomatic experience with El Salvador and the secretary’s familiarity with political and diplomatic sensitivities in that country, he is personally handling the discussions with the government of El Salvador regarding persons subject to the court’s order detained in El Salvador,” the State Department said in a statement included in the filing.
It adds that Rubio has “read and understands this court’s order and wants to ensure the court he is making prompt and diligent efforts” to comply.
Cristian was the second publicly reported case of someone mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
Posted by John3262005
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Yeah okay I’m sure big buddy is serious about the negotiations.
AMERICA IS FINALLY USING ITS STRENGTH TO GET WHAT WE WANT ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE, THE NEW RULE IS THAT IF WE TELL A SMALLER COUNTRY TO DO SOMETHING, THEY FUCKING DO IT RAAAAAAAAAAAH 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
Except Ew Sawvadow, dey’we too scawy :< We hafta do some vewy caweful negotiations wif dem instead of just fucking telling them “send them back or your ass is grass” like we easily could
What’s novel is that these negotiations wouldn’t be needed if they didn’t send them to El Salvador.