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Ilhan Omar: “The Supreme Court said [the Maryland man], they have to…”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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And I know that they are pressing charges against him, but the reality of why they returned him is that they understood that they would be held in contempt of court because The Supreme Court said [the Maryland man], they have to facilitate his return. And so they are fabricating a case in order to save face because they continue to say that they are not able to get him back into the country and quickly realized that they are going to be in trouble. (09:14–09:19)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court ordered the return of the Maryland man from El Salvador.

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