Federal authorities prepared to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia a second time despite lacking a viable case. Judge Paula Xinis ordered that Abrego Garcia could not be removed until she could hold a hearing. Maryland federal judges issued a standing 48-hour order requiring potential deportations to wait so habeas petitions can be filed. The judges acted after apparent attempts to secretly fly people out of the country and use international waters to evade jurisdiction. The administration sued the Maryland judges asserting Article II immigration authority, but the case was moved and ultimately dismissed by Judge Thomas Cullen, who rebuked executive attacks on the judiciary.
As the Trump administration prepares to wrongfully deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia for the second time after apparently realizing they had no real case against him in court, the Maryland resident, unlike last time, was not whisked away to foreign shores before he had a chance to challenge the effort. Judge Paula Xinis reminded the administration that it was "absolutely forbidden" from removing Abrego Garcia until she could hold a hearing.
The federal judges in Maryland have, for their part, issued a standing order requiring that all potential deportations must wait at least 48 hours to give the courts an opportunity to hear a habeas petition from a potential deportee. Given the administration already attempted to secretly fly people out of the country and use international waters as an attempt to skirt jurisdiction,
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