Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was Never Coming Back. Then He Did.

White House officials remained dug in even as the Supreme Court ordered the administration to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return. “There is no scenario where Abrego Garcia will be in the United States again,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified to lawmakers last month. Abrego Garcia was cited for an expired license, but he was not arrested or charged with a crime, even though troopers flagged the incident as a potential trafficking case. Abrego Garcia told officers that he’d been sent by his employer to pick up the men for a construction job, and his family has said that he would sometimes drive workers between job sites. They have denied the government’s claims that Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 member.