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Trump to finally return Kilmar Ábrego García to US

President Donald Trump and his administration will finally return Kilmar Ábrego García to the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the president to "facilitate and effectuate" his return from a brutal El Salvador prison, ABC News reported Friday.

Ábrego García, a Maryland father, is married to an American, but remains an undocumented immigrant in the U.S. He was captured by the Department of Homeland Security and accused of being an MS-13 gang member based on his tattoos.

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Trump-appointed judge issues rebuke and throws out DOJ suit in deportation case

U.S. District Court Judge Thomas T. Cullen has thrown out the case from the Justice Department after it demanded a higher court allow them to deport Kilmar Ábrego García, a Maryland father who has become emblematic of President Donald Trump's erratic mass deportations.

The Trump-appointed judge dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday morning against state judges who paused Ábrego García's deportation for 48 hours so that his case could be adjudicated, explained Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney.

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Judge in Ábrego García case signals DOJ failed to prove he's dangerous

Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. presided over the Kilmar Ábrego García bail hearing on Wednesday and indicated that the Justice Department struggled to reach the high standard required to declare him a danger to the community.

"Obviously, the court is going to look at the issues...I'm having a hard time understanding your argument that there is by clear and convincing evidence no conditions that could control the danger posed by the defendant...that's a pretty high standard," said Crenshaw, according to Lawfare's Anna Bower, reporting from the Nashville, Tennessee, courthouse.

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'This is a big deal': Legal experts aghast after DOJ bombs Ábrego García hearing

The Justice Department was back in court on Friday as the judge grew more and more frustrated.

After a hearing the day before ended with an annoyed judge who wasn't able to get any straight answers out of a witness, the DOJ was supposed to present documents relating to Kilmar Ábrego García, a Maryland man who the Department of Homeland Security accidentally deported to a brutal prison in El Salvador.

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'You've destroyed it': Judge 'comes in hot' after DOJ fails to produce documents

The Justice Department is back in court on Friday after a Thursday hearing ended with a frustrated judge who wasn't able to get any straight answers out of the witness from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Judge Paula Xinis called a second day of hearings after the DOJ was unable to produce key documents that an ICE official mentioned being briefed about. The case involves Kilmar Ábrego García, a Maryland man accidently deported by the Department of Homeland Security to a brutal prison in El Salvador.

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'Blistering': DOJ witness leveled at bail hearing for wrongfully deported dad

Kilmar Ábrego García was back in a Nashville court on Wednesday as a federal judge reviews a court ruling saying that the U.S. government didn't meet its burden to detain him before trial.

This is unfolding at the same time that another federal judge intends to issue a ruling on whether Ábrego García can be captured by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and shipped off to a third-party country, such as Sudan, if he were to be released on bail.

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'Off the rails': Frustrated judge loses patience with evasive ICE official

Judge Paula Xinis called for a hearing where she could question a Department of Homeland Security staff member about the Kilmar Ábrego García case and details around his deportation to a brutal prison in El Salvador.

Thomas Giles, an ICE official based in Los Angeles, took the stand Thursday afternoon, where he was questioned about their plans for Ábrego García's future deportation. The problem he faced was that Ábrego García's lawyer got him to admit he actually knew nothing about the case and wouldn't have had anything to do with the deportation, as another office would handle it.

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'Insane!' DHS flips out as Dems call for Abrego Garcia's release from ICE detention

The Department of Homeland Security traded barbs with Democratic lawmakers on Monday after immigration officials detained a high-profile individual.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a migrant from El Salvador, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on Monday following an immigration check-in. His detention comes about 160 days since he was returned to the United States from El Salvador's notorious gang prison, CECOT.

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