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A federal appeals court on Thursday shot down the Trump administration’s latest maneuver to avoid answering questions about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador last month.
The appeals court issued its decision Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously declined to suspend District Judge Paula Xinis’ order for the Trump administration to give sworn testimony on whether they followed her directions to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S.
The three-judge panel said in a filing it “shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement” the Supreme Court’s decision for the government to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return.
The panel added the Trump administration is “asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order,” also criticizing the government’s argument that it cannot bring back Abrego Garcia because he is under custody of a foreign, sovereign government.
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