Overview

• U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered that Kilmar Ábrego García not be removed from the country before an evidentiary hearing scheduled for Oct. 6, and he remains in ICE custody.
• The Supreme Court unanimously directed federal officials to remedy his wrongful deportation and to treat his proceedings as if he had not been sent to El Salvador.
• After returning to the United States in June, Ábrego García was transferred to Tennessee on a two-count indictment tied to a 2022 traffic stop, released by a magistrate judge, then detained by ICE days later in Baltimore.
• Ábrego García is contesting government plans to remove him to Uganda, arguing he was paroled into the U.S. in June and that such a transfer risks violating the 2019 order barring his return to El Salvador.
• DOJ turmoil surrounding the case includes the firing of senior litigator Erez Reuveni after testimony that the removal was an administrative error, his supervisor being placed on leave, judicial warnings about bad faith, and a Nashville prosecutor’s resignation following the indictment.