US EditionTrump administration formally invokes state secrets privilege in Abrego Garcia case
- The Trump administration formally asserted the state secrets privilege through a sealed court filing in Maryland during the Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case.
- The invocation followed a clerical error that led to the wrongful March 15, 2025 deportation of 29-year-old Maryland resident Abrego Garcia to El Salvador amid a DOJ migrant sweep.
- US District Judge Paula Xinis ordered both sides to submit written briefs by Monday and scheduled a May 16 hearing on the privilege claim.
- The administration claims the deportation documents are state secrets, marking their second use of this privilege in lawsuits challenging March deportations of alleged gang members.
- This case highlights tensions between judicial orders, including a Supreme Court mandate to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return, and the administration's refusal to comply citing jurisdiction limits.
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House Homeland Security Chairman demands ‘unredacted’ video, docs from Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s traffic stop
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green is demanding that Tennessee authorities hand over unredacted reports and video from alleged MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s traffic stop, where he was suspected of trafficking illegal migrants, The Post has learned. Edited bodycam footage has been released showing the moment Agrego Garcia — who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration — was pulled over by the Tennessee…
Exclusive | House Homeland Security Chairman demands ‘unredacted’ video, docs from Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s traffic stop
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green is asking for "full" and "unredacted" versions of all footage and reports from Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Tennessee traffic stop in 2022, according to a letter obtained by The Post.
Trump’s Immigration Horror Stories Are Breaking Through. Here’s How.
A rally to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia at Lafayette Square near the White House on May 1, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)REGULAR READERS OF THIS NEWSLETTER are well aware of the ways President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation agenda is hurting individuals, communities, and businesses. But not everyone is quite so clued in. Voters in one of the demographic groups key to Trump’s re-election—young men without a co…
Protesters Demand Return of Deported Man in front of El Salvador's Embassy · Global Voices
Several dozen protesters presented themselves Thursday at the El Salvador embassy in northwestern DC to protest the deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego García. The 29-year-old Salvadoran was deported from Maryland, where he lives with his wife and children, to a prison in El Salvador in March, despite having protection status. For organizer Ross Wells of Takoma Park, Maryland, his intention was for the president of El Salvador to liste…
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