Justice Department Litigators Are Struggling to Defend Trump’s Policies in Court
Inside the Justice Department’s civil division, lawyers are squeezed between judges demanding answers and bosses’ instructions to protect the Trump agenda at all costs.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Order Requiring Return of Wrongly Deported Migrant
The government said Judge Paula Xinis, who ordered that the administration return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, had engaged in “district-court diplomacy.”
Judge Calls Mistaken Deportation of Maryland Man a ‘Grievous Error’
Judge Paula Xinis, who has ordered that the Trump administration return the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, also rejected a request to pause that order.
Justice Dept. Lawyer Who Criticized Administration in Court Is Put on Leave
Erez Reuveni is the latest in a series of career officials who have faced punitive action after refusing to comply with a directive they deemed illegal or unethical.
Trump Administration Is Ordered to Return Maryland Man Deported to El Salvador
A federal judge said officials had acted without “legal basis” last month when they arrested the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, and put him on a plane to a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Inside the Trump Administration’s Deportation of a Migrant to El Salvador
Immigration officers asked Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia if he was a gang member, and refused to believe him when he denied it, according to court papers.
Lawyers for Maryland Man Erroneously Deported to El Salvador Assail Trump Administration
The case has raised questions not only about how the man could have ended up on a plane to El Salvador, but also about why the administration has apparently not moved to correct its mistake.