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Bukele’s Offense Against the American People
Here’s how I look at today’s White House spectacle. I don’t really...

NEW: A US State Department official tells Judge Xinis that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive and being held in the CECOT prison, "detained pursuant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Bukele’s Offense Against the American People
Here’s how I look at today’s White House spectacle. I don’t really...



And that's it. Hearing over. There will be an expedited discovery period, with depositions set to be completed by 4/23.


NEW: DOJ doubles down on refusing to follow Judge Xinis's orders. Today's status report contains nothing new. It again fails to provide information about steps they're taking to bring Mr. Abrego back), and arguably violates her command that a declaration be made by someone with personal knowledge.

This satisfies part (1) of the order, but does not even take a shot at parts (2) and (3). The order:

HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin. I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social Follow along for updates


Van Hollen says that he asked the VP of El Salvador why his government continues to hold Abrego Garcia even though he’s not charged with any crime and there’s no evidence that he’s MS-13. “His answer was that the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT”

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Trump II Hits A New All-Time Low In Oval Office Debacle
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...



Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"

NEW: The Trump administration says it has no legal obligation to help Kilmar Abrego Garcia get to the United States. And the details of its arrangement with El Salvador to house U.S. deportees are classified, they say. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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BREAKING: House Democrats Will go to El Salvador to Keep Pressure on and Meet Abrego Garcia
They plan on visiting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, if they are let in.

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Trump SUDDENLY CHANGES HIS TUNE in Deportation Case
YouTube video by Talking Feds with Harry Litman

