A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump Administration to return an alleged MS-13 gang member to the United States after he was deported to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
US District Judge of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, ordered the Salvadoran gang member to be returned by Monday at midnight.
“This was an illegal act,” Judge Paula Xinis told a Justice Department lawyer, according to Politico. “Congress said you can’t do it, and you did it anyway.”
Last week the fake news media reported that the Trump Administration deported a ‘Maryland father’ with protected legal status to El Salvador’s CECOT prison.
According to the White House, the deported Salvadoran man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was a member of the MS-13 gang, a designated terrorist organization. He was also involved in human trafficking.
Press Secretary SHUTS DOWN fake news hoax that Trump deported an innocent Maryland father:
FACT 1: The individual was a member of the vicious MS-13 gang which Trump designated a foreign terrorist organization
FACT 2: He was involved in human trafficking
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— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 1, 2025
The judge argued that she hasn’t been shown any evidence that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a gang member.
“That’s just chatter, in my view. I haven’t been given any evidence,” the judge said, according to Politico. “In a court of law, when someone is accused of membership in such a violent and predatory organization, it comes in the form of an indictment, a complaint, a criminal proceeding that has robust process so we can assess the facts.”
Judge Xinis in her order said Agrego Garcia was taken into custody last month “without legal basis.”
“The record reflects that Abrego Garcia was apprehended in Maryland without legal basis on March 12, 2025. Abrego Garcia is detained in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center,” the judge wrote.
Judge Xinis said she
BREAKING: Federal judge Paula Xinis has ordered the Trump administration to return Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after the Trump admin admitted an “administrative error” caused him to be deported to El Salvador & into CECOT. Admin claims he’s MS13.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 4, 2025
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