lawyer Kilmar Abrego GarciaThe Trump administration recognizes that Marylanders are Incorrectly included Accuse the government of "falling into" in a group of accused gang members sent to a prison in El Salvador The convenience of a court order He returns to the United States
"The plaintiffs have sought discovery to reveal the truth of the government's efforts (or lack of effort) and its ability to promote the return of Abrego Garcia (a question that is essential in this case). Over and over again, the government declared the plaintiff by claiming unfounded privileges, for the purpose of filing and deliberations, to raise the main question of Fil, and to prompt Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil, to indicate Fil Divernal's lawsuit. Monday, said. "Even if the government freely talks about Abrego Garcia in public, in this lawsuit, it insists on keeping it confidential. ”
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis Order in April The government must promote his release, and this ruling has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
Last week, the Trump administration State Secret Privileges appear to be invoked and Abrego Garcia's lawyers continue to seek privileges to withhold information in other cases released. Sinis said Tuesday that the government failed to provide a privilege log, or documents listing materials to be detained, invoking state secret privileges. Sinis provided the Government with a privileged log until 3 p.m., saying that “failure to submit a privileged log or otherwise respond would be construed as intentional refusal to comply with the orders of this Court.”
The government responded at 3 p.m. but has sealed it to the public.
The Justice Department said last month it would invoke certain privileges to protect information about Abrego Garcia's removal from the U.S. and citing application for attorney-client privileges, state secret privileges and certain administrative privileges.
The government's response to the Stonewall allegations and its invocation of privilege have been sealed to the court.
Abrego Garcia's lawyer said there is no reason to believe that "invoking state secret privileges is appropriate."
“No military or intelligence operations involved, unreasonably imagined, any effort would endanger U.S. relations with El Salvador in search of the return of those who were wrongly expelled, and the government acknowledged that this should first be withdrawn to El Salvador,” wrote Abrego Garcia’s academician.
Xinis held a hearing on May 16 to hear further arguments about the call of government privilege and to hear arguments from Abrego Garcia's lawyers on their desire to conduct more fact-finding on the case.
Sinis told a Justice Department attorney at a hearing last month that if the Trump administration does claim privileges, she will decide whether they can stand it or not.
The Trump administration has Previously invoked state secret privilegesIn cases involving Venezuelan immigration to the El Salvador prison, it is called the terrorist detention center or Secot under the power of war
In Abrego Garcia's case, Sinis ordered the Trump administration to hand over documents to lawyers and allowed them to testify to certain government officials. Some records initially expired last month, but xinis Agree to push back Her deadline is sealed after the Trump administration filed information to the court. A day ago, Xinis had Accusing the Government Showing "intentional and malicious refusal to comply with the obligation to discover".
Abrego Garcia's lawyer wrote that all deposition was completed before the end of last week, but said they were not satisfied with the answers they received.
President Trump and other senior administration officials have repeatedly expressed whether to release El Salvador and whether to release Abreg Garcia, who was once held in Secot. As of April 21, he was imprisoned Low safety facilities According to a declaration by State Department officials, in Santa Ana.
Abrego Garcia, born in El Salvador, illegally entered the United States in 2011 and has lived in Maryland since then. He was granted withholding and legal hiding in 2019 due to the danger of persecution of local gangs, which prevented the government from expelling him back to his native El Salvador.
But Abrego Garcia is a hundred immigrants, mostly Venezuelan, Sent by the Trump administration Go to Secot in March.
“The court should reject the government’s efforts after the State Secret and force all defendants of DHS and DOJ to fully respond to the written findings and all dismissors in these departments to fully answer the deposition questions.”