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."

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23 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

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."

One more instance to show that among Trump fans, in the Maga movement cruelty is a feature, not a bug.

[stevenl]

And one more return order to follow.

 

 

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US deports 3 American children, including cancer patient: rights groups

 

One of the US children removed from the country has "a rare form of metastatic cancer" and was deported without medication or medical consultations, the ACLU said...

Three American children aged two, four and seven -- one of whom has a rare form of cancer -- have been deported from the United States alongside their undocumented immigrant mothers, campaigners announced Saturday...

The administration of President Donald Trump contends one of the women asked for her child to be sent with her.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-deports-3-american-children-015612747.html

 

I had my doubts but when the government contended that the mother asked for her child to be sent with her, who could doubt that Mom wanted her child to die? So believable.

[KhunLA]

Return orders are irrelevant if SV won't release them, and why would they?

 

They ignored due process when entering the country, so they don't deserve due process when being deported ... IMHO

 

"It added that ICE agents held the families "incommunicado" and failed to facilitate communication between the women and lawyers."

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On 4/25/2025 at 9:48 PM, Cryingdick said:

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."

Or he could threaten to cut off aid, He actually has cut off aid to most programs based abroad.

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Return orders are irrelevant if SV won't release them, and why would they?

 

They ignored due process when entering the country, so they don't deserve due process when being deported ... IMHO

 

"It added that ICE agents held the families "incommunicado" and failed to facilitate communication between the women and lawyers."

You really believe the US can not persuade El Salvador to return them?

[KhunLA]

21 minutes ago, stevenl said:

You really believe the US can not persuade El Salvador to return them?

Why would he, nobody wants them back.  If they return, maybe they can live with the lawyer, and family, their children, who is fighting their case.  Under house arrest or course, to finish their time.  

 

If they leave the house, then the lawyer finishes their time.  Along with any time added for future crimes they commit 

[stevenl]

6 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Why would he

Because the SC told the US to 

[KhunLA]

26 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Because the SC told the US to 

He can ask, but if SV says no, as they did with the one guy, I'd leave it at that.  Who are we to tell other govt how to treat their prisoners 

[stevenl]

30 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

He can ask, but if SV says no, as they did with the one guy, I'd leave it at that.  Who are we to tell other govt how to treat their prisoners 

So you don't want to admit the US can persuade El Salvador to return them?

Because you're going around in circles.

[KhunLA]

3 hours ago, stevenl said:

So you don't want to admit the US can persuade El Salvador to return them?

Because you're going around in circles.

Never surrender ... 

 

Why should SV people suffer, to appease the SCOTUS, when nobody wants dangerous people returned.

 

Enough people suffer at the hands of criminals.  Innocent by standers (SV folks) shouldn't have to, so a criminal gets a comfy prison cell, and wasted tax $$$ for due process, when they ignored due process by entering the country illegally, or ignoring the law of the land.

[stevenl]

1 minute ago, KhunLA said:

Never surrender ... 

 

Why should SV people suffer, to appease the SCOTUS, when nobody wants dangerous people returned.

 

Enough people suffer at the hands of criminals.  Innocent by standers (SV folks) shouldn't have to, so a criminal gets a comfy prison cell, and wasted tax $$$ for due process, when they ignored due process by entering the country illegally, or ignoring the law of the land.

So throw the rule of law out because you don't agree. Dangerous path.

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4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

He can ask, but if SV says no, as they did with the one guy, I'd leave it at that.  Who are we to tell other govt how to treat their prisoners 

Actually the US is paying El Salvador to take those prisoners. Why would the US be paying el salvador to accept prisoners who aren't theirs?

[KhunLA]

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

So throw the rule of law out because you don't agree. Dangerous path.

Ruled on, asked, denied .. inactivity isn't illegal, or dangerous in this situation.   Actually, the opposite.  People are safer with them in SV prison.

 

Not to everyone's liking ... but I LIKE IT 😎

[KhunLA]

2 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Actually the US is paying El Salvador to take those prisoners. Why would the US be paying el salvador to accept prisoners who aren't theirs?

Because they are citizens of SV, or their home countries don't want them either.  Need to go somewhere.   How about this ...

 

... DON'T DO THE CRIME, IF YOU CAN'T DO THE TIME ...

 

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