The lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, have filed a formal response opposing a block request on his return.
A federal judge's deadline to return an alleged undocumented gang member from a prison in his native country of El Salvador, continues to loom over the Trump Administration.
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A federal judge is defending her decision to order the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The attorney said in court that the administration shouldn't have deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a protected legal resident.
The U.S. Justice Department has suspended its lawyer who told a federal court Friday that he did not understand the government's reasoning after federal authorities admitted a Maryland man had been mistakenly deported.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported from Maryland to El Salvador in a shocking immigration mistake ICE admits was an “administrative error.” A federal judge slammed the government and gave just 72 hours to bring Kilmar home.
Jennifer Vasquez Sura's husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, left work to pick up their 5-year-old special needs child when immigration agents took him into custody.