A district judge is threatening to hold Trump officials in contempt of court, claiming they showed “willful disregard” for a direct judicial order when deporting immigrants to El Salvador last month.
It’s just part of the multi-faceted deportation saga.
Wednesday, several documents were released about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man deported from Maryland to a high-security Salvadoran prison. Included was a 2019 arrest record—in which he was charged with being in the country illegally and accused of gang affiliation by a confidential informant—and a since-dropped 2021 domestic violence restraining order by his wife. Abrego Garcia’s wife said they worked through the situation privately and that it didn’t justify ICE “abducting him and deporting him.”
Yesterday, Maryland Senator Van Hollen (D) met with Abrego Garcia. Van Hollen—who was denied visitation a day before—said he’d provide a “full update” upon his return.
