“There is no evidence that anyone has requested the release of Abrego Garcia,” they stated in the document.
The lawyers also challenged the government’s use of the word “facilitate.”
Which the administration has claimed in court documents only refers to removing any domestic barriers that would prevent Abrego Garcia from returning to the United States.
Attorneys for Abrego Garcia contended that using the term in that way would make the Supreme Court’s directive that the government assist in his release “null.”
“The Government should at the very least be obliged to ask for Abrego Garcia’s release in order to give the Supreme Court’s ruling any significance. In their motion, they stated that the Government has not yet done so.
Last week, the Supreme Court unanimously decided that Judge Xinis “properly requires the Government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador.
