The federal judge handling the case of a wrongly deported Maryland dad is losing patience with the Trump administration’s foot-dragging over his return to the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said “nothing has been done” by the government to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose return to the U.S. after his mistaken deportation to El Salvador has yet to be initiated—despite a unanimous Supreme Court ruling ordering that the administration “facilitate” it.
“To date, what the record shows is that nothing has been done. Nothing,” she said in a court hearing on Tuesday.
“We’re going to move. There will be no tolerance for gamesmanship or grandstanding,” Xinis said. “There are no business hours while we do this… Cancel vacations, cancel other appointments. I’m usually pretty good about things like that in my court, but not this time. So, I expect all hands on deck.”
The judge said she was expecting four Homeland Security and State Department officials to sit for depositions with Abrego Garcia’s lawyers.
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