US EditionNo evidence Trump has tried to return wrongly deported man, judge says
- U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis held a tense hearing on April 15, 2025, in Greenbelt, Maryland, about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation to El Salvador's CECOT prison.
- The case arose after Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran married to a U.S. citizen who lived in Maryland, was mistakenly deported despite protection from removal.
- The Trump administration admits the deportation was an administrative error but argues it lacks jurisdiction because Abrego Garcia is now under El Salvador's sovereign custody.
- Judge Xinis rejected the administration’s narrow definition of 'facilitate' and ordered expedited fact-finding to verify compliance, stating, “I do need evidence in this regard because…nothing has been done.”
- The dispute implies broader tensions over executive authority in foreign affairs, with El Salvador’s president refusing to return Abrego Garcia, leaving uncertainty about his repatriation.
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Trump officials ‘did nothing’ to return wrongly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge says
Lawyers for a wrongfully deported Maryland man will be allowed to depose Trump administration officials to determine whether they complied with a Supreme Court ruling to “facilitate” his return from a brutal El Salvador prison.
US judge orders sworn testimony of Trump officials on compliance in wrongful deportation case
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ordered Trump officials on Tuesday to give sworn testimony regarding their compliance with her prior order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, despite a court order from 2019 barring such a deportation due to the probability of his persecution. The Tuesday order allows attorneys for Abrego Garcia to depose R…
Political Roundup: The ongoing case of a wrongly deported man
Houston Matters discusses the ongoing case of a man the Trump administration says was mistakenly sent to a Salvadoran prison as we break down the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup.
The administration is playing dumb
"To date nothing has been done," federal Judge Paula Xinis told a lawyer with the Department of Justice (DOJ), rebuking them, referring to the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. "Nothing." The Supreme Court issued an unsigned decision this past Thursday instructing the Trump administration to facilitate the Salvadoran man's return to the United States. "The order properly requires the Government to 'facilitate' Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El…
Obama judge has major meltdown over alleged MS-13 thug: 'Nothing has been done. Nothing.' · American Wire News
The White House’s battle with the bench found an Obama-appointed judge fit to be tied regarding her unmet demands in the case of a deported alleged MS-13 gang member. Judicial activism remained a keystone of opposition to President Donald Trump’s second administration as leftists judge-shopped across the country to bring scores of legal challenges against executive authority. Now, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland is attempting to exer…
In the dispute over an erroneously deported migrant to El Salvador, US justice increases the pressure on President Trump's government.
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