November 20, 2025
A Maryland federal judge cast serious doubt over whether the government has an active order of removal for Kilmar Ábrego García, suggesting Thursday that if there is no such order, she'll have no choice but to grant Ábrego García's habeas petition and order his release from immigration detention.
November 17, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Monday blasted U.S. Department of Justice attorneys looking to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, saying they were asking her to countenance testimony that Costa Rica would not accept the Salvadoran national absent "additional commitments" from the U.S., without explaining how the conclusion was reached.
October 27, 2025
Kilmar Ábrego García won't be deported to Liberia unless the Maryland federal judge who blocked his deportation lifts the order, an attorney for the Trump administration assured the court Monday, despite the government previously saying he could be sent there as soon as Friday.
October 24, 2025
The Trump administration told a Maryland federal judge Friday that it intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, saying the African country agreed to take the Salvadoran and gave assurances that the country won't mistreat him.
October 06, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Monday gave the government 48 hours to show that it had taken steps to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a third country "in the reasonably foreseeable future" or face the prospect of his release from immigration custody pending his habeas petition.
August 27, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday forbade the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia or moving him more than 200 miles away from her courthouse through at least October, while his attorneys said he will seek asylum in the U.S.
August 25, 2025
A Maryland federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration Monday from immediately deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement re-detained the Salvadoran at his first check-in since the U.S. Marshals released him from criminal custody last week.