Tag: Maryland
Judge demands to know if White House is helping return wrongly deported Maryland man
Ximena Bustillo A Maryland federal judge wants to find out if government officials are acting in “bad faith” in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison. Judge Paula Xinis on Tuesday called for a two-week process of “expedited discovery,” including questioning government officials under oath, to…
DoJ lawyer put on leave after not backing erroneous deportation of Maryland man
Erez Reuveni no longer on Kilmar Abrego Garcia case after not ‘vigorously’ defending Trump administration A federal justice department attorney has been placed on leave by the Trump administration for purportedly failing to defend the administration vigorously enough after it says it erroneously deported a Maryland man to El Salvador, which a US judge called…
Federal judge rules return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison
White House has said US courts can’t order return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wife has been protesting outside court A federal judge on Friday afternoon ordered the US to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison after a Trump administration attorney was at a loss to explain what happened. The…
Maryland federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s executive order to end citizenship for children born on U.S. soil to parents in the country without legal status. Under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are…
If Syrian Chemical Weapons Were Found, the U.S. Army Could Safely Destroy Them
Syria’s Civil War A civilian team at a base in Maryland disposed of Syrian toxins a decade ago after hundreds of people were killed in a nerve agent attack. By John Ismay Reporting from Washington Since armed rebels entered Damascus, Syria, and overthrew the reign of President Bashar al-Assad on Dec. 8, U.S. government officials…