As criticism of that stance spread, and federal courts sided against the administration, Vice President J. D. Vance, the Trump adviser Stephen Miller, Bondi, and other top Cabinet officials went on the attack. The White House went from calling Abrego Garcia’s deportation a “clerical error” to insisting that no mistake had been made at all.

Bill O’Reilly argued President Trump is “making a mistake” with his firm stance on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation and being unwilling to return him to the United States despite an order from