US wants to withhold details in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. Judge will hear arguments
- A federal judge in Maryland will hear arguments on Friday over whether the Trump administration can withhold information about bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States from El Salvador.
- The Trump administration deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in March, violating a 2019 immigration judge's order that shielded him from deportation due to likely persecution by a gang.
- Abrego Garcia's American wife sued, and the judge ordered his return, but the Trump administration appealed and said revealing details could harm national security.
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Abrego Garcia judge questions administration’s broad use of state secrets privilege
Maryland Democratic U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey, who represents the district where Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife live, led the chant “bring him home” outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland shortly before a hearing in Abrego Garcia’s case on Friday, May 16, 2025. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)GREENBELT, MARYLAND — A federal judge said Friday the Trump administration has “pretty broadly” invoked the state secrets pri…
Court says claim of state secrets is ‘inadequate’
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge told the Trump administration Friday that its explanation for invoking the state secrets privilege in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is inadequate, describing the government’s reasoning as “take my word for it.”


Judge blasts DOJ state secrets claims in Abrego Garcia case: ‘Utter frustration’
GREENBELT, Maryland — A federal judge on Friday sharply rebuked the Trump administration for its push to withhold details on what it has done to reverse the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the suspected MS-13 gang member deported to El…
Judge blasts DOJ state secrets claims in Abrego Garcia case
GREENBELT, Maryland — A federal judge on Friday sharply rebuked the Trump administration for its push to withhold details on what it has done to reverse the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the suspected MS-13 gang member deported to El Salvador as a result of an “administrative error.” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said during a tense hearing that the administration had not provided sufficient information, from either senior officials or …
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