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Court denies White House appeal in Abrego Garcia deportation case

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A court declined to lift a judge's order that the Trump administration facilitate the return of wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, a Maryland senator met with him in El Salvador.

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  1. US judge to question Trump officials’ refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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  2. Appeals court says Trump administration

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    Court denies White House appeal in Abrego Garcia deportation case

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  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    US judge questions Trump officials’ refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    A federal judge in Maryland questioned the Trump administration Tuesday about its continued refusal to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison, even after the Supreme Court ordered his return to the U.S.

  2. NBC News

    Judge in Abrego Garcia case indicates she's weighing contempt proceedings against Trump administration (opens NBC News)

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    Judge Paula Xinis ordered the administration to provide evidence about what steps it's taken — or hasn't taken — to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

  3. WTOP Washington DC

    US judge to question Trump officials’ refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    A federal judge in Maryland is expected to question the Trump administration Tuesday about its continued refusal to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison, even after the Supreme Court ordered his return to the U.S.

  4. New York Post

    Trump admin won’t be held in contempt over refusal to return wrongly deported alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia — as judge warns against ‘gamesmanship’ (opens New York Post)

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    A Maryland federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to return,Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged MS-13 gang member who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month ruled that she would not hold any government officials in contempt for violating her order -- for now -- but warned against fu…

  5. The Hill

    Judge orders Trump officials’ depositions, blasts inaction in Abrego Garcia case (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    A federal judge Tuesday ordered depositions from several Trump officials, blasting the administration for failing to take any steps to secure the return of a man mistakenly deported.

  6. Los Angeles Times

    U.S. judge to question Trump officials' refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The hearing comes a day after White House advisors repeated the claim that they lack the authority to bring back the Salvadoran national from his native country.

  7. The Guardian

    Judge rebukes Trump officials for not securing return of wrongly deported man (opens The Guardian)

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    Administration will have to share under oath how it’s trying to get Kilmar Ábrego García back to US, says district judge

  8. WHEC Rochester

    US judge presses Trump administration on its refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    A federal judge says she will order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. He was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison last month. The U.S.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Judge to allow depositions from four Trump officials over Abrego Garcia deportation (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A judge will allow the family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to rapidly seek evidence of steps the government has taken to return him from El Salvador.

  10. Reason

    Trump Takes Dangerous Steps Towards Defying Court Orders in Garcia Abrego Case (opens Reason)

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    When the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration must "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant illegally

  11. MyNorthwest

    Appeals court calls Trump administration's defiance over mistakenly deported man 'shocking' (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s claim that it can't do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the

  12. Seattle Times

    Trump officials’ defiance over Abrego Garcia’s deportation is ‘shocking,’ appeals court says (opens Seattle Times)

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    A federal appeals court issued a strongly worded ruling Thursday in favor of the Maryland man who was sent to a prison in El Salvador.

  13. NPR

    Court denies White House appeal of 'shocking' Abrego Garcia deportation case (opens NPR)

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    The Fourth Circuit ruling against the Trump administration came just one day after the government filed an appeal of a lower court order in the Abrego Garcia case, a remarkably short time for a court to reach a ruling.

  14. New York Post

    Trump admin to appeal ruling that alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia be returned to the US (opens New York Post)

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    "The federal courts do not have the authority to press-gang the President or his agents into taking any particular act of diplomacy," the Trump administration argued in their motion to stay Judge Paula Xinis' ruling.

  15. CBS News

    Appeals court says Trump administration (opens CBS News)

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    A federal appeals court said it will not pause a district court order that required the Trump administration to facilitate the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador.

  16. WMUR

    Trump officials' defiance over Abrego Garcia's deportation 'shocking': Appeals court (opens WMUR)

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    A federal appeals court says it is “shocking” that The Trump administration claims it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S.

  17. The New Republic

    Appeals Court Slams Trump’s Total Lawlessness on Abrego Garcia (opens The New Republic)

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    A U.S. appeals court issued a blistering opinion on Trump’s handling of wrongly deported immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia. It’s worth reading it in full.

  18. Forbes

    Appeals Court Shoots Down Trump Officials (opens Forbes)

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    The administration has been ordered to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after mistakenly deporting him to an El Salvador mega-prison last month.

  19. Delaware Public Media

    Court denies White House appeal in Abrego Garcia deportation case (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    A court declined to lift a judge's order that the Trump administration facilitate the return of wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, a Maryland senator met with him in El Salvador.

  20. The Week

    Court slams Trump, senator visits Ábrego García (opens The Week)

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    The case 'should be shocking not only to judges' but all Americans with an 'intuitive sense of liberty'

  21. Common Dreams

    Appeals Court Sharply Rejects Trump Challenge of Abrego Garcia Orders—Again (opens Common Dreams)

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    The "incredible" decision was written by an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, described by one law professor as "one of the most deferential-to-government-power judges in the country."

  22. Breitbart News

    Appeals Court Upholds Order for Trump Admin to Return Abrego Garcia (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined the Trump administration's request to lift a judge's order demanding it "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia,

  23. Rolling Stone

    Judges Smack Down Trump's 'Shocking' and 'Lawless' Arguments in Abrego Garcia Case (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Trump’s efforts to avoid bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, as the Supreme Court demanded, saw a fiery rebuke from an appeals court.

  24. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Trump officials' defiance over Maryland man Abrego Garcia deportation 'shocking': appeals court (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    President Donald Trump officials' defiance over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's El Salvador case "should be shocking," the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court said.

  25. BNO News

    Appeals court calls Trump administration’s defiance in deportation case “shocking” (opens BNO News)

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    BNO News's feed description

    A federal appeals court rejected the U.S. government’s emergency request to halt a lower court’s order requiring action in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was deported in violation of a judicial order and is now being held in a high-security prison in El Salvador.

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