Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported
"This was an illegal act," U.S. Federal District Judge Paula Xinis told Justice Department lawyers at a federal court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who lived in the U.S. legally and had a work permit. Abrego Garcia was arrested and deported last month — despite having been granted protection by an immigration judge in 2019 that should have prevented him from being deported to El Salvador.
Judge Xinis ordered the government to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S. by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 7. She said keeping him in El Salvador constitutes irreparable harm.
"From the moment he was seized, it was unconstitutional," Judge Xinis said during the hearing. "If there isn't a document, a warrant, a statement of probable cause, then there is no basis to have seized him in the first place. That's how I'm looking at it," the judge said.
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If it's an illegal act, then let's arrest some of the people who did it.
Illegal != crime.
I would think willfully violating a judge's constitutional order would be like some kinda of crime, maybe like criminal contempt of court or something.. eh I ain't a lawyer
Again. Not what the person I'm replying to said.
Okay explain it to me like I just drank a quarter gallon of moonshine
They said something like "if it's illegal then they should be arrested" which heavily implies that any illegal thing is an arrestable offense. Which is not the case. I corrected them on this basis only.
And yet you could have just let it go but chose not to.
This is on you buddy. No one else but you.
This seems more like a criminal than civil issue to me.
That's not what the person I'm replying to said
They didn't say it was a civil violation either.
Illegal = punishable
Yes
Illegal rendition and kidnapping, not deportation.
Human trafficking. No due process.
This is an illegal act. It should be an arrestable crime. Trump administration needs to be held accountable and serve time for malpractice and negligence.
Yeah and the people who were involved in physically carrying out the orders should also be charged.
Qualified immunity means law enforcement can knowingly violate your civil rights and not get in any trouble at all
But will they comply?
Or else....
I wonder what will happen when the trump admin claims they can't.
Uh huh
Trump admin already made it crystal clear that they can just ignore judge orders. Best they will do is returning s different random person and claim this is the guy.