Who is Judge Paula Xinis? What to know about the judge in the case of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
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Federal Judge Paula Xinis is at the center of the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration that has emerged as a critical test of Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration in the United States.
Federal Judge Paula Xinis is at the center of the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration that has emerged as a critical test of Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration in the United States. Following a Supreme Court ruling that the US must “facilitate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return, Xinis, a New York native who has sat on the federal bench in Maryland for nearly a decade, must now contend with a government whose officials insist it’s an issue for the president of El Salvador to decide. “Our only job legally was to facilitate it if, according to the Supreme Court, President Bukele wanted him to come back to our country and he does not want him back and we do not want him back in our country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday on Fox News. Since ordering Abrego Garcia’s return earlier this month, Xinis has gone toe-to-toe with Justice Department attorneys in her courtroom, appearing confident that the Supreme Court largely endorsed her decision to order the administration to bring Abrego Garcia back. “We’re not going to slow walk this,” Xinis told the government last week. “So you will have a full and fair opportunity to be heard, but we’re not relitigating what the Supreme Court has already put to bed.” Xinis has, at times, appeared frustrated with how the case has unfolded since the Supreme Court ruling. Earlier this week, she allowed for expedited fact finding to see whether the Trump administration is complying with her order.
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