Radical Obama judge Paula Xinis on Sunday denied the Trump Administration’s request to lift her order demanding the return of alleged El Salvadoran MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego to the United States.
The judge said the Trump Admin’s “grievous error” to deport the Abrego “shocks the conscience.”
JUST IN: Saying the Trump administration’s “grievous error” “shocks the conscience,” a federal judge has rejected their call to lift her order demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. https://t.co/6VAcOArpky pic.twitter.com/HYpE7KyvTo
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 6, 2025
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a response from the attorneys for the deported El Salvadoran by Sunday afternoon.
Fourth Circuit ordered response from attorneys for El Salvadorian illegal alien removed to El Salvador by 2 p.m. 1/
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) April 6, 2025
On 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 human trafficking.
The DOJ immigration lawyer, Erez Reuveni, repeatedly apologized to the judge during Friday’s hearing and apologized for the Trump Administration’s actions.
On Saturday, the DOJ lawyer was put on leave and Pam Bondi made it clear this behavior won’t be tolerated.
“At my direction, every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States. Any attorney who fails to abide by this direction will face consequences,” US Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
A senior Justice Department immigration lawyer was put on indefinite leave Saturday, a DOJ official tells me @NewsNation. Confirming NYT.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche suspended Erez Reuveni, the acting deputy director of the department’s immigration litigation division.
— Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) April 5, 2025
