How the Abrego Garcia standoff ends

阿布雷戈·加西亚对峙如何结束

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2025-04-24

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Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland recounts his visit with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Former prosecutor Elie Honig explains the three scenarios that could end this legal standoff. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Sen. Van Hollen during his meeting with Garcia at an undisclosed location in San Salvador. Photo by Sen. Van Hollen's Office via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • On March 12th, Quilmar Abrego Garcia was picked up by ICE in Prince George's County, Maryland.

  • In the days that followed, he was deported to the country where he was born,

  • El Salvador, except this time he wound up in its infamous Seacott prison.

  • At Seacott, they don't let any of the prisoners.

  • have access to the outside world.

  • On March 31st, the Trump administration said it had mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia,

  • calling it an administrative error.

  • On April 4th,

  • a U.S. district judge told the Trump administration to have Abrego Garcia back in the United States by April 7th.

  • On April 10th, the Supreme Court entered the chat and more or less agreed,

  • saying the Trump administration needed to get Abrego Garcia back.

  • But it's April 23rd and he's still not back.

  • On Today Explained,

  • we're going to speak with the Maryland senator who sat down with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador last week and figure out how this legal standoff between the Trump administration and the courts might play out.

  • Megan Rapinoe here.

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  • And we have a great conversation with two-time Olympic medalist Lauren Holliday.

  • about the business of women's sports and how to support and grow the next generation of female athletes.

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  • Sean Ramos for him today explained we spoke to Senator Chris Van Hollen on Tuesday afternoon.