New York, NY—Today, New York City Mayor Eric Adams refused to condemn the disappearance of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, instead alluding to “gangs” and “bad people” as a justification. The Supreme Court of the United States, in a 9-0 decision, reaffirmed a lower court’s order that Abrego Garcia be returned to the U.S. from El Salvador.
Murad Awawdeh, President and CEO, New York Immigration Coalition:
“Once again, Mayor Adams made clear that he believes in due process only when it benefits himself. By co-signing the disappearance of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia—a father and husband—to Bukele’s notorious CECOT torture camp, Adams has aligned himself with the same authoritarian tactics Trump used to vanish New Yorkers to El Salvador. Instead of standing up for the rights of all New Yorkers, the Mayor repeats fiction and nonsense. Adams owes the Abrego Garcia family, who is fighting tooth and nail to be reunited, and our city an apology—and a commitment to defend the Constitutional rights he swore to uphold.”