Abrego Garcia removed to El Salvador despite a 2019 withholding order

Date

Mar 15, 2025

Kind

Court order

Status

Judicially found non-compliant

Source

abcnews.go.com ↗

Court or forum

D. Md., Judge Paula Xinis

What happened

Placed on a March 15 flight and imprisoned at CECOT despite a 2019 immigration-judge order barring removal to El Salvador; the government later admitted an "administrative error.".

Publisher

ABC News

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