Judge Xinis Grills Trump Lawyers Over Plans To Deport Abrego Garcia In High-profile Hearing

GREENBELT, MD. – Justice Department officials told a national judge that they scheme to statesman removal proceedings to deport Salvadorian migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a 3rd state arsenic early arsenic this period — conscionable 1 bonzer admittance of galore heard by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis successful a wide-ranging, hours-long proceeding connected Monday that ended pinch small successful nan measurement of satisfactory answers for each parties.

Xinis ordered nan Trump management to nutrient a authorities charismatic to attest nether oath Thursday astir plans to return Abrego Garcia into ICE custody upon his merchandise from criminal custody successful Tennessee and statesman deportation proceedings to a 3rd country. 

Lawyers for nan Trump management yet conceded Monday that Abrego Garcia could beryllium removed from nan U.S. arsenic early arsenic July 16 — conscionable 9 days from today. 

The admittance capped a singular time successful court, and a frustrating one, which Xinis described arsenic akin to "trying to nail Jell-O to a wall," arsenic she attempted to ascertain nan government's adjacent steps. She many times questioned really officials could prosecute contiguous deportation while simultaneously mounting a national criminal lawsuit against Abrego Garcia. 

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Demonstrators stitchery extracurricular nan U.S. District Court successful Greenbelt, Maryland, to protestation nan Trump administration's deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was sent to El Salvador successful March successful what management officials said was an administrative error, connected July 7, 2025. (Breanne Deppisch/Fox News Digital) (Breanne Deppisch/Fox News Digital)

Asked by Xinis whether nan authorities planned to clasp Abrego Garcia successful ICE custody until his criminal lawsuit successful Tennessee is over, lawyers for nan management did not mince their words.

"No," Justice Department lawyer Jonathan Guynn answered simply. 

"There’s nary volition to conscionable put him successful limbo successful ICE custody while we hold for nan criminal lawsuit to unfold," Guynn told Xinis. "He will beryllium removed, arsenic would immoderate different forbidden alien successful that process."

The fast-paced timeline by which Justice Department officials scheme to deport Abrego Garcia to a 3rd state was conscionable 1 of galore issues heard by Xinis, nan Maryland judge who has been presiding complete his civilian lawsuit since March, erstwhile Trump officials erroneously deported him to El Salvador.

Xinis past week ordered some parties to look successful tribunal for nan first clip since May, to see a flurry of dueling motions that nan Trump management and lawyers for Abrego Garcia had submitted aft his return to nan U.S. past month.

The judge did not instantly norm connected each of nan motions connected Monday. 

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U.S. judges person many times ruled that nan Trump management has violated owed process by failing to notify nan migrants of their imminent removals.  (Getty Images)

She did, however, flatly cull 2 of nan government's motions to disregard nan civilian case, rejecting nan Trump administration's erstwhile claims that it had nary "power to compel" El Salvador to return Abrego Garcia to nan U.S. arsenic "meritless." 

She besides pressed Justice Department officials for specifications arsenic to erstwhile it brought opened a national investigation into Abrego Garcia successful a abstracted territory for actions stemming from a 2022 postulation stop, and really nan timing of nan probe and national indictment squared pinch nan government's grounds successful her ain court. 

At nan aforesaid clip arsenic they were opening nan national investigation successful Tennessee, she noted, they were slow-walking and different resisting nan court's bid to "facilitate" his return to nan U.S.

"At nan aforesaid clip that [the government] was saying it had ‘no powerfulness to produce’" Abrego Garcia successful nan U.S., management officials "had already secured an indictment against him successful nan Middle District of Tennessee, right?" Xinis asked Justice Department lawyer Bridget O'Hickey.

"Yes your honor," O’Hickey replied. 

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Xinis yet ordered nan Trump management to nutrient a authorities witnesser pinch individual knowledge of nan plans to deport Abrego Garcia to attest successful tribunal connected Thursday — personification whom she said must beryllium capable to attest nether oath astir nan "who, what, when, and where" of nan goernment's plans to deport him, again, from nan U.S. upon merchandise from U.S. Marshals.

"Given nan bid of unlawful actions" here, I consciousness for illustration it’s good wrong my authority to bid this proceeding — possibly much than 1 — to perceive grounds from astatine slightest 1 witnesser pinch firsthand knowledge, who tin reply these questions astir nan contiguous adjacent steps" from nan authorities pending Abrego Garca's merchandise from custody, she said.

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