Judge scolds Justice Department for ‘refusal’ to detail deportation plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
July 11, 2025
A federal judge in Maryland has scolded the Trump administration for its “utter refusal” to detail deportation plans for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The Salvadoran national could be released from a Tennessee jail next week to await trial on human smuggling charges. U.S. officials have said they would immediately try to deport him. His lawyers have asked the judge to prevent his immediate deportation or to at least to pause the proceedings so they can defend him. The Trump administration wrongfully deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in March. But under mounting pressure, the administration returned him to the U.S. last month to face the smuggling charges.
