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KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA


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Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers

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The Trump administration has been pushing back against certain court rulings it doesn't like in the hundreds of cases filed against it in the past few months.

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US claim of state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is 'inadequate,' judge says

Read full article: US claim of state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is 'inadequate,' judge says

A federal judge has told the Trump administration that its explanation for state secrets privilege in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is "inadequate."

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Senate rejects Democratic measure to force more transparency on deportations to El Salvador

Read full article: Senate rejects Democratic measure to force more transparency on deportations to El Salvador

Senate Republicans have blocked a Democratic resolution to require more transparency from the Trump administration about deportations to El Salvador.

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Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case

Read full article: Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case

The Trump administration is invoking the “state secrets privilege” in an apparent attempt to avoid answering a judge’s questions about its mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.

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A man with an open asylum case was deported. His lawyers want to know if there are others

Read full article: A man with an open asylum case was deported. His lawyers want to know if there are others

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a household name as the Trump administration wages an intense legal battle to keep him locked up in an El Salvador prison despite his mistaken deportation.

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On the attack: Trump's media response in Abrego Garcia story is notably vigorous

Read full article: On the attack: Trump's media response in Abrego Garcia story is notably vigorous

The Trump administration has called journalists “despicable,” even questioned the patriotism of some, as part of its vigorous response to criticism in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly sent by immigration officials to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

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Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn't know if he backs due process rights

Read full article: Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn't know if he backs due process rights

President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he doesn't know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee.

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Tennessee police release video of Kilmar Abrego Garcia traffic stop in 2022

Read full article: Tennessee police release video of Kilmar Abrego Garcia traffic stop in 2022

Authorities in Tennessee have released video of a 2022 traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Senate Democrats plan to force a vote on resolution for transparency on deportations to El Salvador

Read full article: Senate Democrats plan to force a vote on resolution for transparency on deportations to El Salvador

Senate Democrats plan to force a vote in the coming weeks on a resolution to require more transparency from President Donald Trump’s administration about deportations to El Salvador.

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Trump officials must report efforts, if any, to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge rules

Read full article: Trump officials must report efforts, if any, to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge rules

A federal judge has again directed the Trump administration to provide information about efforts to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison.

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In their words: What judges and Trump's government say about Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation

Read full article: In their words: What judges and Trump's government say about Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation

President Donald Trump says “I could” bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador if he wanted.

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Numbers that matter from the first 100 days of Trump's second term

Read full article: Numbers that matter from the first 100 days of Trump's second term

For President Donald Trump's administration, the numbers on executive orders, deportations, reductions in the federal workforce and tariffs in his first 100 days back in the White House point toward a renewed America.

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White House focuses on border crackdown as it marks 100 days for Trump's second term

Read full article: White House focuses on border crackdown as it marks 100 days for Trump's second term

The White House is opening a weeklong celebration of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office.

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Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here's what he's done and not done

Read full article: Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here's what he's done and not done

The weeks since President Donald Trump returned to office have been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises.

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Trump's first 100 days: Steamrolling government, strong-arming allies and igniting trade wars

Read full article: Trump's first 100 days: Steamrolling government, strong-arming allies and igniting trade wars

In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump has exerted his power on a scale with no easy historical comparison.

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How the public's shift on immigration paved the way for Trump's crackdown

Read full article: How the public's shift on immigration paved the way for Trump's crackdown

Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement that has pushed the limits of executive power and clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him.

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Immigration is Trump's strongest issue, but many say he's gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds

Read full article: Immigration is Trump's strongest issue, but many say he's gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll finds President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration remains a point of strength as he takes wide-ranging action to ramp up deportations and target people in the U.S. illegally.

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Rulings coming fast and furious in lawsuits over Trump's policies on immigration, elections and DEI

Read full article: Rulings coming fast and furious in lawsuits over Trump's policies on immigration, elections and DEI

The Trump administration was handed a rapid-fire series of court losses Wednesday night and Thursday in lawsuits filed over its policies on immigration, elections and its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools.

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Judge rules the Trump administration violated a 2019 settlement in deporting a man to El Salvador

Read full article: Judge rules the Trump administration violated a 2019 settlement in deporting a man to El Salvador

A federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador despite having a pending asylum application.

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Republican Nancy Mace fields concerns over university funding during South Carolina town hall

Read full article: Republican Nancy Mace fields concerns over university funding during South Carolina town hall

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace faced criticism over legal wrangling concerning universities and allegations of antisemitism during a town hall at a gated island community in her South Carolina district.

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Who is Paula Xinis, the federal judge overseeing the Abrego Garcia case?

Read full article: Who is Paula Xinis, the federal judge overseeing the Abrego Garcia case?

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis is the latest judge at odds with the Trump administration.

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Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated questions

Read full article: Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated questions

Iowans attending a forum hosted by Sen. Chuck Grassley started to turn on each other as the lawmaker faced heated questions about President Donald Trump’s first months in office.

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Federal judge temporarily halts order for details on any efforts to return Abrego Garcia to US

Read full article: Federal judge temporarily halts order for details on any efforts to return Abrego Garcia to US

A federal judge has temporarily halted her order directing the government to explain what it’s done to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis came Wednesday, just one day after she blasted the Trump administration for ignoring her orders by refusing to provide information.

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Judge castigates Trump administration for 'bad faith' in Abrego Garcia's deportation case

Read full article: Judge castigates Trump administration for 'bad faith' in Abrego Garcia's deportation case

A federal judge says the Trump administration is ignoring court orders, obstructing the legal process and acting in “bad faith” by refusing to provide information about the steps they have taken, if any, to free a mistakenly deported man from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. Tuesday's order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis gives the Trump administration until Wednesday evening to explain exactly why officials think the information should be considered protected state...

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More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf

Read full article: More Democratic lawmakers are visiting El Salvador on Abrego Garcia's behalf

Four House Democrats are visiting El Salvador in a bid to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man whom the Trump administration deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison.

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Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees

Read full article: Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for who he called “political prisoners” in Venezuela.

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Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats' leadership carousel turns

Read full article: Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats' leadership carousel turns

Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.

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Tropical drinks by the pool? Not so fast, says senator who visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Read full article: Tropical drinks by the pool? Not so fast, says senator who visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

There was the pool furniture in the background.

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US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

Read full article: US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported, told him he has been moved from the notorious Salvadoran prison known as CECOT to a detention center with better conditions.

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The Latest: Class action lawsuit challenges Trump’s crackdown on student visas

Read full article: The Latest: Class action lawsuit challenges Trump’s crackdown on student visas

A federal judge who blocked Donald Trump’s administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ruled that the agency can’t go forward immediately with plans to fire hundreds of employees.

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The Abrego Garcia case pulls Democrats into the immigration debate Trump wants to have

Read full article: The Abrego Garcia case pulls Democrats into the immigration debate Trump wants to have

For Democrats, the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is about fundamental American ideals, including due process, following court orders and preventing government overreach.

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Trump officials' defiance over Abrego Garcia's deportation is 'shocking,' appeals court says

Read full article: Trump officials' defiance over Abrego Garcia's deportation is 'shocking,' appeals court says

A federal appeals court says it is “shocking” that The Trump administration claims it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. A three-judge panel from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday unanimously refused to suspend a judge’s decision to order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her instruction to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return.

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What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order

Read full article: What happens next after judge warns of possible contempt prosecution over deportation flights order

A federal judge’s ruling that the Trump administration appears to have willfully violated his order to turn around planes of migrants headed for El Salvador increases the prospect of officials being held in criminal contempt of court and potentially facing possible prosecution.

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Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return

Read full article: Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen has met in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court order preventing his deportation.

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The Latest: Judge finds probable cause to hold administration in contempt over deportation order

Read full article: The Latest: Judge finds probable cause to hold administration in contempt over deportation order

A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump’s administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his orders to turn around planes carrying deportees to El Salvador.

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US judge presses Trump administration on its refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Read full article: US judge presses Trump administration on its refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A federal judge says she will order sworn testimony by Trump administration officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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El Salvador President Bukele says he won't be releasing a Maryland man back to the US

Read full article: El Salvador President Bukele says he won't be releasing a Maryland man back to the US

President Donald Trump’s top advisers and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele say that they have no basis for the small Central American nation to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month.

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US still won't say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision

Read full article: US still won't say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision

The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has any plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month and remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.

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From classifying immigrants as dead to deportation: A guide to actions on Trump immigration policies

Read full article: From classifying immigrants as dead to deportation: A guide to actions on Trump immigration policies

President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is playing out in hearings in key cases.

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'Extremely troubling' that US can't provide details on mistakenly deported man, judge says

Read full article: 'Extremely troubling' that US can't provide details on mistakenly deported man, judge says

Lawyers for the Trump administration say they are unable to provide information on the location and status of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

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Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison?

Read full article: Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man ICE mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's story begins in El Salvador.

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Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

Read full article: Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

Chief Justice John Roberts has agreed to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

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Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was 'wholly lawless'

Read full article: Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was 'wholly lawless'

A federal judge says the U_S_ government’s decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be “wholly lawless.”.

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Trump administration argues judge cannot order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

Read full article: Trump administration argues judge cannot order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

The Trump administration is asking an appeals court to suspend a judge's order for the government to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison.

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The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, a judge says

Read full article: The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, a judge says

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.

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Outrage grows over Maryland man's mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison

Read full article: Outrage grows over Maryland man's mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison

In the 22 days since Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador, his young autistic son has sought comfort in the scent of his missing father’s clothes.

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