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"This was an illegal act," Xinis said of Garcia's deportation.
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“This was an illegal act,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland said of the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) placed one of its senior immigration lawyers, who criticized the Trump administration over mistakenly deporting a Maryland man to a prison in El Salvador, on leave.
An “administrative error” that led to a Maryland man being deported to a brutal prison in El Salvador as part of Donald Trump’s immigration policy has thrust Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia into the national spotlight.
Every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,’ Pam Bondi says
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DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni was placed on administrative leave after struggling to justify the Trump administration’s deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. Reuveni admitted frustration over missing information during a court hearing.
His legal presence in the US was based on a protection known as “withholding of removal,” which was granted by an immigration judge in 2019. That status is awarded when a judge determines that deporting someone would expose them to persecution or torture in their home country.