A federal judge decided, on Friday (4), that the United States should bring back a man who was deported by mistake to El Salvador last month.
Judge Paula Xinis of the US District Court in Maryland ordered the Federal Government to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen, to the US until 11:59 pm on April 7.
The Trump administration admitted in a lawsuit on Monday that it made a mistake by mistake the father of three children of Maryland “because of an administrative error,” but said he could not bring him back because he is in salvage custody.
This appears to be the first time the government has admitted an error related to its recent deportation flights to El Salvador, who are now at the center of a tense legal battle.
“This case is certainly important to Vugo Garcia and his family,” said the judge. “In recognition of this. I feel I barely wait to give my order,” he added.
Throughout the hearing, Xinis repeatedly raised questions about the removal of Abuggo Garcia to El Salvador, given that an immigration judge had previously granted him the retention of deportation, which means that he could suffer persecution if he was sent from the US to El Salvador.
He was still considered “deportable”; It could not be sent to El Salvador just.
Xinis quoted this status in his decision, saying that Vugo Garcia was seized last month “no legal basis” and deported “without legal basis justification”.
During the hearing, Xinis was also skeptical about the alleged ties of Abrego Garcia with the MS-13 gang, which Trump’s authorities sustained, saying that she did not see enough evidence for this purpose.
“When someone is accused of being a member of such a violent and predatory organization, it comes in the form of an accusation, complaint, criminal case that has a robust process,” she said.
The Justice Department did not provide additional evidence beyond what has already been submitted in the case.
“The government made a choice here not to produce any evidence,” the Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveno told the judge.
This content was originally published in US courts orders a return of man deported by mistake to El Salvador on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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