U.S. says it needs more time to provide information on mistakenly deported Maryland man
Trump administration attorneys said they haven’t had enough time to review the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling directing the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S.
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge said Friday that it is “extremely troubling” that a government lawyer couldn’t explain what, if anything, the Trump administration has done to arrange for the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The U.S. government attorney also struggled to provide any information about the exact whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, despite Thursday’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that the Trump administration must bring him back.
“Where is he and under whose authority?” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis asked in a Maryland courtroom.
“I’m not asking for state secrets,” she said. “All I know is that he’s not here. The government was prohibited from sending him to El Salvador, and now I’m asking a very simple question: where is he?”
Drew Ensign, a deputy assistant attorney general, said the government doesn’t have evidence to contradict the belief that Abrego Garcia is still in El Salvador.
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