Judge orders return of 2nd migrant deported to El Salvador
The judge in the case referenced the similar case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
By Katherine Faulders, James Hill, and Laura Romero
April 23, 2025, 10:31 PM
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador ... according to an order issued on Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher, a Trump appointee, also ordered the government not to remove other individuals covered by the settlement.
The class action case from 2019 was filed on behalf of individuals who entered the U.S. as unaccompanied minors and later sought asylum.
The group sued the government to be able to have their asylum applications adjudicated while they remained in the United States. The parties settled in 2024.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs say the Trump administration, in breach of the settlement agreement, removed one of the class members -- referred to using the pseudonym "Cristian" in court records -- to El Salvador on March 15 ...
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