Article originally appeared on www.dailywire.com.
The Trump administration has until Monday at 11:59 p.m. ET to return a man it mistakenly deported to El Salvador to the United States, a federal judge reiterated on Sunday.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis set the deadline for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia for Monday, prompting the Justice Department to ask the judge for a delay while the administration appealed her order. Xinis denied the request, leaving the Monday deadline in place, NBC News reported.
Abrego Garcia, 29, a Salvadoran man who was living in Maryland, was arrested by federal agents on March 12 and sent to El Salvador on one of the Trump administration’s deportation flights. Based on a judge’s order in 2019, however, the United States was barred from deporting Abrego Garcia back to his home country, acknowledging that he would likely face persecution or torture.
Judge Xinis wrote on Sunday that the federal government arrested the …
| View full article |
