Overview

• Judge Paula Xinis condemned the Trump administration for willfully refusing to comply with court orders to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return from El Salvador.
• The administration has filed sealed motions seeking delays, while claiming legal privileges to withhold key information about its actions.
• Salvadoran authorities have blocked congressional Democrats from visiting Abrego Garcia, who remains imprisoned despite a Supreme Court ruling mandating his return.
• The Trump administration continues to assert unproven MS-13 gang ties against Abrego Garcia, a claim his lawyers strongly dispute.
• Abrego Garcia's family, now in hiding after their address was made public, has called for continued congressional and legal pressure to resolve the case.