Judge Orders Daily Updates From Trump Admin in Deportation Case

The administration told the judge that providing additional information was unreasonable and that ‘foreign affairs cannot operate on judicial timelines.’

Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a file photograph. Abrego Garcia Family/Handout via Reuters

GREENBELT, Md.—A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on April 11 to provide daily updates on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant who was deported due to an administrative error, after the Supreme Court issued an order for the government to facilitate his return to the United States.

In response to U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’s question about where Abrego Garcia is, Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Drew Ensign said that he didn’t have information. He also declined to provide additional information on what the government intends to do to return Abrego Garcia.