DOJ Can’t Delay Abrego Garcia Deportation Case Amid Shutdown
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador earlier this year, and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, left, in Baltimore in August.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/BloombergA federal judge in Maryland denied the Justice Department’s request to pause Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation fight during the government shutdown.
US District Judge Paula Xinis ruled at a court hearing Monday that she would not delay the case given its significance not only to Abrego Garcia but also due to the “important fundamental questions” at stake.