Not so fast. You may have seen headlines over the weekend along the lines of this one from CBS Baltimore,
Federal judge in Tennessee orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released amid trial for human smuggling.
Have no fear, Maryland Man is going nowhere. The BBC reports,
The Trump administration said a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported and then brought back to the US on criminal charges will “never go free” on American soil, even though a judge ordered his release…
…The judge overseeing the case said on Sunday that Mr Ábrego García should be released from custody while he awaits trial. But she noted immigration officials would still have the power to detain him.
So, a District Judge in Nashville got to signal her virtue to her audience without endangering the public, as Abrego Garcia awaits trial for human smuggling.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the Trump Administration some good news on the immigration enforcement front. From The Hill newspaper,
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted judge-imposed limits on the Trump administration’s deportations to countries where migrants have no ties over a scathing dissent from the court’s liberal justices.
The administration warned U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy’s injunction was endangering immigration officials stuck in Djibouti guarding a group of convicted criminals, who were destined for South Sudan until Murphy blocked the flight.
Scathe all you want, the final tally was 6-3. The Hill adds,
As part of its broader immigration crackdown, the Trump administration has looked to third-country removals, a process by which authorities deport a migrant to a country other than the one on their deportation order issued by an immigration judge.
¡Vaya con Dios!
