Trump Admin ‘Absolutely Forbidden’ From Removing Abrego Garcia, Judge Says

A federal judge on Monday doubled down that the Trump administration is “absolutely forbidden” from removing the onetime wrongfully deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the U.S., for now.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, an appointee of former President Obama, blocked Abrego Garcia’s deportation to Uganda until she can hold a hearing to determine whether the administration will let him contest his removal to the third country.

Abrego Garcia’s detention and the bid to deport him comes just three days after he was freed from custody in a criminal case filed against him in federal court in Tennessee. He filed suit after he was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody Monday when he reported for a check-in at ICE’s Baltimore field office.

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“Your clients are absolutely forbidden at this juncture to remove Mr. Abrego Garcia from the continental United States,” the judge told Justice Department lawyer Drew Ensign. “That is the understanding that we have?”

“Your honor, yes,” Ensign replied. “We certainly understand that.”

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Abrego Garcia’s case became a flash point in President Trump’s ramped-up efforts to remove noncitizens from the U.S., after he was wrongfully sent to El Salvador despite a 2019 court order preventing him from being deported there over fears his safety would be at risk.

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