Judge Orders Trump Admin to Address Discovery Requests in Abrego Garcia Case

DOJ lawyers said the government has engaged in ‘appropriate diplomatic discussions’ with El Salvador regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia in an undated file photograph. Abrego Garcia Family/Reuters

A federal judge on April 22 ordered the Trump administration to address “all outstanding discovery requests” in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant who was deported to his home country of El Salvador last month.

Abrego Garcia was deported despite that an immigration judge issued a withholding of removal order, which legally barred his deportation to his home country, in 2019 because of concerns for his safety.