Judge Says US Has Done ‘Nothing’ to Return Wrongly Deported Man
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, speaks outside the US District Courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, on April 15.
Photographer: Chris Strohm/BloombergA US judge admonished a Trump administration lawyer for failing to say how the government is facilitating the return of a Maryland man wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador, a day after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said he’s not sending him back.
US District Judge Paula Xinis said she would order depositions of administration officials as she questioned a Justice Department lawyer Tuesday about the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. He was deported March 15 despite a 2019 court order saying he couldn’t be sent to his native country.