Federal judge orders return to U.S. of second migrant deported to El Salvador

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to return a Venezuelan man who was sent to a megaprison in El Salvador despite having protection from removal.

 

April 25, 2025

 

A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to return a Venezuelan man who was sent to a megaprison in El Salvador despite being part of a class action settlement that should have protected him from removal.

 

U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher said Wednesday that other migrants covered by the settlement should also be shielded from deportation or transfer to El Salvador until their asylum cases are processed.

 

The case marks the second time a judge has ordered the Trump administration to return a migrant it sent to El Salvador on March 15.

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Washington Post

https://archive.ph/P4WQ6

 

[lordgrinz]

Let them rot in an El Salvador prison, they are where they should be, home.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

And an update on the first, original case of a wrongful deportation mentioned above:

 

Trump administration granted leeway in case of mistakenly deported man

 

The order by Judge Paula Xinis gave the administration seven days to provide details about steps being taken to facilitate the return of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego García from El Salvador.

 

April 25, 2025

 

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In documents filed in court this week, the administration said it had held “appropriate diplomatic discussions” with El Salvador concerning Abrego García, a striking shift after repeated assertions that the administration was powerless to encourage or bring about Abrego García’s release from custody in El Salvador. In public statements, White House officials and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele had characterized Abrego García’s release from custody in El Salvador as a virtual impossibility.

 

The administration’s pivot followed a blistering decision written by J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a conservative Reagan appointee on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which admonished U.S. officials as having offered flimsy legal arguments that threatened to “reduce the rule of law to lawlessness.” The directional change also came as Xinis has shown increasing impatience with the administrations’ attempts to sidestep clear court orders, moves she has deemed were not in good faith.

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Abrego García’s case has become a high-profile example of the Trump administration’s willingness to skirt or flout judicial directives, and a test of how federal judges, appeals courts and the Supreme Court can nudge the executive branch into doing what the law requires.

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Washington Post

https://archive.ph/v7FVI

April 23, 2025 at 8:50 p.m.

[Aforek]

But can they force the Trump administration to repatriate them? He seems to do what he wants, and no one can force him to do anything.

[Harrisfan]

Sack the judge

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

Let them rot in an El Salvador prison, they are where they should be, home.

 

From the cited news reports here:

 

"The Justice Department has acknowledged in court that Abrego García’s deportation to El Salvador was illegal because of court-ordered humanitarian protection that he had received based on his testimony that he faced death threats there."

 

 

[lordgrinz]

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

From the cited news reports here:

 

"The Justice Department has acknowledged in court that Abrego García’s deportation to El Salvador was illegal because of court-ordered humanitarian protection that he had received based on his testimony that he faced death threats there."

 

 

 

Yeah, he's like a saint, I'm just waiting for them to erect a statue, the Maryland Man statue.

[Cryingdick]

6 minutes ago, Aforek said:

But can they force the Trump administration to repatriate them? He seems to do what he wants, and no one can force him to do anything.

All he has to do is write a letter to the President of El Salvador that says "Please, pretty please with sugar on top, return this Maryland Father to the USA>" Then he replies "I have considered it. No."