A federal appeals court on Monday denied the Trump Administration’s request to stop a judge’s order to return alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego to the United States.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals also blasted the DOJ for suspending the DOJ immigration lawyer who repeatedly apologized to the judge last week during a hearing.
🚨🚨🚨Fourth Circuit allows district court’s command that Trump return Garcia (El Salvadorian removed to El Salvador in violation of immigration order he could be removed from U.S. but NOT to El Salvador), to U.S. 1/ pic.twitter.com/GE6Kf5lb98
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) April 7, 2025
Last Friday US District Judge of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, Paula Xinis ordered the Trump Administration to return an alleged MS-13 gang member to the United States after he was deported to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
Judge Xinis ordered the Salvadoran gang member to be returned by Monday at midnight.
“This was an illegal act,” Judge Paula Xinis told a Justice Department lawyer, according to Politico. “Congress said you can’t do it, and you did it anyway.”
The Trump Administration maintains Kilmar Abrego is a dangerous MS-13 gang member who was involved in