Judge rules deportation was “an illegal act”

[berg80]

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, while a U.S. government attorney was at a loss to explain what happened.

The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says​

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement expelled Kilmar Abrego Garcia last month despite an immigration judge’s 2019 ruling that shielded him from deportation to his native El Salvador, where he faced likely persecution by local gangs.

This undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025, shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (CASA via AP)

Before she issued her ruling, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis described Abrego Garcia’s deportation as “an illegal act” and pressed Justice Department attorney Erez Reuveni for answers, many of which he didn’t have.

The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, a judge says

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.

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Now we're getting somewhere.

 

[Polishprince]

A federal judge doesn't have the ability to force El Salvador to deport up one of their own citizens.

Judge Xinis has zero authority over what Presidente Bukele does.

Although if Garcia is indeed innocent, his own people in his own country can make an appeal to their own court system.

 

[0311]

He is ordering the return of a man who illegally detained. El Salvador must return him. The State Department fucked up.

 

[Polishprince]

He is ordering the return of a man who illegally detained. El Salvador must return him. The State Department fucked up.

The judge is this case is a broad.

But the fellow who was deported is an El Salvadorian citizen.

They don't have to send back their own citizen regardless of what a US judge says.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

A federal judge doesn't have the ability to force El Salvador to deport up one of their own citizens.

Judge Xinis has zero authority over what Presidente Bukele does.

Although if Garcia is indeed innocent, his own people in his own country can make an appeal to their own court system.

None of which erases the illegal nature of deporting Garcia.

 

[Darkwind]

The Judge is incorrect and will be corrected in appeal.

 

[MagicMike]

A federal judge doesn't have the ability to force El Salvador to deport up one of their own citizens.

Judge Xinis has zero authority over what Presidente Bukele does.

Although if Garcia is indeed innocent, his own people in his own country can make an appeal to their own court system.

You are wrong on all counts here.

 

[Zafira Cherry]

A federal judge doesn't have the ability to force El Salvador to deport up one of their own citizens.

Judge Xinis has zero authority over what Presidente Bukele does.

Although if Garcia is indeed innocent, his own people in his own country can make an appeal to their own court system.

When they take YOU in the middle of the night, do not ask for assistance.
The answer is no.

same for you MagicMike

 

[Zafira Cherry]

None of which erases the illegal nature of deporting Garcia.

This DICTATOR doesn't care. His supporters are salivating and "high fiving" and chanting "MAGA" and "lock them up"

 

[Polishprince]

None of which erases the illegal nature of deporting Garcia.

How do you know its "illegal"? Just because one ultraliberal political hack issued an order?

 

[Zafira Cherry]

How do you know its "illegal"? Just because one ultraliberal political hack issued an order?

Due Process, look it up

 

[Meathead]

A federal judge doesn't have the ability to force El Salvador to deport up one of their own citizens.

Judge Xinis has zero authority over what Presidente Bukele does.

Although if Garcia is indeed innocent, his own people in his own country can make an appeal to their own court system.

True, but it would be deport, it would be extradite. Either way, he is where he should be.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

How do you know its "illegal"? Just because one ultraliberal political hack issued an order?

It is until another court says differently. Your opinion changes nothing.

 

[Polishprince]

The Judge is incorrect and will be corrected in appeal.

I doubt there will be an appeal heard.

The case is moot, the El Salvadorean citizen is home in his own country, there is no remedy available for any US Court to order Bukele to do anything.

Libs I guess can petition the Presidente and explain how this fellow is actually innocent and the Salt of the Earth.

 

[Meathead]

This DICTATOR doesn't care. His supporters are salivating and "high fiving" and chanting "MAGA" and "lock them up"

Damn right! Lock them up preferably in a foreign shithole.

 

[kyzr]

Its past time to show district judges what/where their boundaries are.

 

[Polishprince]

Bukele will just ignore this judge's order, will the judge then order President Trump to send in the army to bring this Illegal back to the US?

If Senor Garcia is as pure as driven snow- as libs insist- Bukele would want him free and productive in his native El Salvador, no?

 

[kyzr]

Bukele will just ignore this judge's order, will the judge then order President Trump to send in the army to bring this Illegal back to the US?
If Senor Garcia is as pure as driven snow- as libs insist- Bukele would want him free and productive in his native El Salvador, no?

Hell no he won't. Good riddance.

 

[berg80]

A federal judge doesn't have the ability to force El Salvador to deport up one of their own citizens.

Reuveni had asked the judge for more time — 24 hours — for the government to possibly broker Abrego Garcia’s return. The government’s attorney requested “one more chance to do this without court superintendence.”

 

[berg80]

If Senor Garcia is as pure as driven snow- as libs insist

Is that what's being insisted on? Not by me. Only that his deportation was illegal, and as admitted to by the regime, unwarranted.