April 22, 2025:
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge says the Trump administration is ignoring court orders, obstructing the legal process and acting in “bad faith” by refusing to provide information about the steps they have taken, if any, to free a mistakenly deported man from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. Tuesday’s (April 22, 2025) order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis gives the Trump administration until Wednesday evening to explain exactly why officials think the information should be considered protected state secrets — and to provide facts backing up those legal claims. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration nearly two weeks ago to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to Maryland.
April 6, 2025:
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge says the U.S. government’s decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be “wholly lawless.” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a legal opinion Sunday (April 6, 2025) explaining why she had ordered the Trump administration to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States. Abrego Garcia is a 29-year-old Salvadoran national. He was arrested in Maryland and deported last month despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling that shielded him from deportation to El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs.
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