In a stunning showdown between the judiciary and the Trump White House, the administration is flatly refusing to comply with a court order demanding the return of an alleged MS-13 gang member deported to El Salvador. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly challenged the federal judge behind the ruling, igniting a legal and political firestorm.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national alleged to have gang ties, was deported last month despite a prior court ruling meant to block his removal. The Trump administration, committed to its crackdown on violent criminal aliens—including MS-13 and Tren de Aragua members—sent him back to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison as part of its mass deportation drive.
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But Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee serving in Maryland, wasn’t having it. On Friday, she ordered that Abrego Garcia be returned to the U.S. by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 7. The order set off a tense courtroom scene and sparked a legal tug-of-war that’s now being appealed to the Fourth Circuit.
The Justice Department’s own attorney, visibly uncomfortable with the administration’s defiance, issued multiple apologies to the court. “I am also frustrated that I have no answer for you on a lot of these questions,” said DOJ immigration litigator Erez Reuveni. “The government made a choice here to produce no evidence.”
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