Judge Halts Order Demanding Details on Efforts to Return Abrego Garcia to US

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U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis had ordered the government to address discovery requests.

The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant deported to his home country despite a court order, has paused her order demanding details on the U.S. governmentโ€™s efforts to facilitate his return to the United States.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on April 23 paused her order for one week. She did not detail the rationale behind the pause but wrote that it was entered โ€œwith the agreement of the parties.โ€

Lawyers for Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, and the government did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Xinis previously ordered the government to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States. When the government declined to provide details, she ordered officials to file daily updates with the court on its efforts.

The judge had also granted the plaintiffโ€™s request for expedited discovery on the matter, including the terms of the agreement the United States reached with the Salvadoran government to house immigrants deported from America.

Xinis on Tuesday said that the U.S. government needed to address outstanding discovery requests, finding that the Trump administration has shown a โ€œwillful and bad faith refusal to comply with discovery obligations.โ€

โ€œFor weeks, Defendants have sought refuge behind vague and unsubstantiated assertions of privilege, using them as a shield to obstruct discovery and evade compliance with this Courtโ€™s orders,โ€ she wrote in an order.

The government then filed a motion to stay that ruling. It was filed under seal, meaning it is not available to the public.

Lawyers for Abrego Garcia filed a sealed response to the motion.

Xinis referenced both sealed filings while entering the pause.

Garcia, who illegally entered the United States in 2011, was arrested in 2019. An immigration judge concluded that evidence showed he was a member of the MS-13 gang. A different immigration judge ordered Garcia deported but also issued a withholding of removal, which prevented the U.S. government from deporting him to his home country.

Garcia continued living in the United States until he was taken into custody by immigration agents on March 12. He was soon deported to El Salvador.

By Zachary Stieber

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