A federal judge has rebuked the Trump administration for doing “nothing” to facilitate release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia after he was deported to El Salvador.
“To date nothing has been done,” Judge Paula Xinis said Tuesday.
Following an order from the District Court for the District of Maryland on April 4 directing the Trump administration to “facilitate and effectuate the return of [Abrego Garcia] to the United States,” Xinis told lawyers for the Justice Department that she was ordering expedited discovery to “determine whether you are fighting the court order, my court orders, whether you intend to abide by the court orders.”
The Supreme Court agreed last week that the Trump administration has an obligation to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release from prison in El Salvador.
Xinis is not holding the administration in…
