THE SIGNAL
CNN chief legal analyst Paula Reid agreed with Trump administration officials on Tuesday that the Supreme Court did not order them to return deported El Salvadoran citizen Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S.
On Monday, CNN’s Kaitlin Collins asserted during an Oval Office sit-down between President Donald Trump and El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele that SCOTUS had ordered the administration to bring Abrego Garcia back.
Last month, the Trump administration deported Abrego Garcia, whom they called an MS-13 gang member, to El Salvador, where he is now being held in a prison.
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’ order directing the Trump administration to “facilitate and effectuate the return” of Abrego Garica to the U.S. may exceed her authority.
The Court zeroed in on the term “effectuate,” saying, “The District Court s …