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Daily Beast: Trump’s DOJ Brazenly Defies Judge’s Orders on Wrongly Deported Dad

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Government attorneys argued they should have more time to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home.

The Trump administration said it would not provide information on how it will get a wrongly deported Maryland dad home by a Friday morning deadline because the timeframe a judge imposed was “impracticable.”

In effect, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is openly defying a court order that requires it to provide details about 29-year-old Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts and how he will be brought back stateside.

Abrego Garcia was flown to a mega prison in El Salvador last month due to an “administrative error.” Despite the DOJ admitting its mistake, it argued it did not have the authority to bring Abrego Garcia home because he was now in the custody of El Salvador.

Maryland District Court Judge Paula Xinis, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, disagreed and ruled that Abrego Garcia must be returned stateside, where he has an American wife and child and was working legally as a sheet metal apprentice prior to being taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during what he believed to be a routine traffic stop.

The issue reached the Supreme Court on Thursday. The high court, which has a conservative majority, ruled unanimously that the Trump administration must take steps to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia.

Trump’s DOJ Brazenly Defies Judge’s Orders on Wrongly Deported Dad
Government attorneys argued they should have more time to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-doj-refuses-to-comply-with-judges-order-to-return-wrongly-deported-dad-kilmar-abrego-garcia

Deportation case judge may have reached limit

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Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, says the Trump administration’s attempt to use the Alien Enemies Act to summarily deport alleged migrant gang members without due process is potentially dangerous for everyone.

“I don’t care how unpopular those people are, because if they can do it to them, they can do it to anybody …” 

The federal judge locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over the deportation of alleged migrant gang members last weekend may be forced to use his authority against the Justice Department, a former court official says.

Chief U.S. District Judge William Boasberg on Friday held his latest hearing with government attorneys to determine whether authorities ignored his temporary order barring the migrant removals while parties argue in court whether Trump can do it under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

“I will get to the bottom of whether they violated my order, who ordered this and what the consequences will be,” Boasberg said Friday.

John E. Jones III, former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, says Boasberg appears ready to “go off” after DOJ attorneys played “hide the ball” with him this week. He said the judge could deploy sanctions, contempt powers, monetary penalties or even order someone jailed, though he likely doesn’t want to go there.

“What he will do, and he has an obligation to do this as a judge, is to vindicate the order that he handed down, the injunction, and determine whether anybody violated that …” 

Deportation case judge may have reached limit: Ex-court official

Deportation case judge may have reached limit: Ex-court official