During a press conference on Monday, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) discussed the Trump Administration's rejection of Supreme Court rulings and the push to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home.
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00:00If the President Trump's government is still refusing to take the U.S., where do you think it can escalate this legal problem, the judicial power and the executive power?
00:30The people have to continue to ensure that his story is in the news, that we don't forget about this. Part of what the Trump administration does is they do so much that they try to make sure people forget. Forget about them breaking the law. Forget about them completely ignoring the Supreme Court. And that's part of the reason we're here today. First and foremost, we want him home. Secondly, we want to see him, know he's alive and know that he's well. But also, we want to make sure that this story doesn't go away.
00:56There's going to be an end to this story, and the end we want is him home going through due process. The book is not closed on this. And the book is not closed on our Constitution and our laws, no matter what Donald Trump says. And so that's part of the reason we're here.
01:12The other thing I want to say, too, that I think is important to mention is we formally requested to see him today. And we were told at our meeting that the government here has denied our request to see him because this is not an official trip.
01:30Something that both Robert Garcia and I requested from Chairman Comer of the committee that we sit on, which is the oversight committee of the federal government.
01:39And so, again, we're going to continue to do this no matter what. And like I said before, we're not going to be the last members of Congress and senators that are here to make sure that he's released and that our country is following our laws.
01:52Yes, that's right.
01:52That's right.
01:52That's right.