


Here we go again. Another federal judge has just blocked DHS from deporting MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he was arrested by ICE this morning.
WSJ reports that Judge Paula Xinis has ‘absolutely forbidden’ his deportation:
A federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked the Trump administration from attempting to re-deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man it had mistakenly sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador and then returned to the U.S. and charged with human smuggling.
The U.S. government is “absolutely forbidden at this juncture to remove Mr. Abrego Garcia from the continental United States,” U.S. Judge Paula Xinis said on Monday. She said she would hear additional arguments from lawyers in the coming days.
Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in the debate over the administration’s immigration policies, is facing removal to Uganda, a country to which he has no ties. His lawyers said in a court filing that he had rejected a government deal in which he would have been deported to Costa Rica if he agreed to plead guilty to the human-smuggling charges.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed ahead of the hearing that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement had arrested Abrego Garcia and were processing him for deportation.
I know this is going to shock you – Xinis is an Obama appointee. Of course. Can’t wait for this decision to get overturned.