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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Judge orders return of Maryland father deported to El Salvador and slams Trump’s ‘unconstitutional’ removal

The arrest and wrongful removal of a Salvadoran immigrant from the United States was unconstitutional “from the moment he was seized,” a federal judge told lawyers for Donald Trump’s administration on Friday.

District Judge Paula Xinis has ordered the administration to return Kilman Abrego Garcia to Maryland from El Salvador after government attorneys argued in court filings that the case was no longer in their hands.

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