DOJ Says Judge Lacks Authority to Demand US Return Deported Gang Member

The Department of Justice told an appeals court on April 5 that a federal judge in Maryland does not have the authority to order the Trump administration to return a man who was deported to a prison in El Salvador. Homeland Security investigators have said the man is a leader of the notorious MS-13 transnational gang, recently designated a terrorist organization. During a hearing on April 4 regarding the deportation of Kilmar Abrego-Garcia of Maryland, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the federal government to “facilitate and effectuate the return of … Garcia to the United States no later than 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 7, 2025.”...