Judge allows temporary pause in Abrego Garcia deportation case

Published April 24, 2025 9:16am ET



A judge on Wednesday put a weeklong pause on collecting information in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation case after the Trump administration asked her to, but the details behind the judge’s decision remain under seal.

The surprise move came one day after Judge Paula Xinis admonished the Department of Justice for refusing to provide information to Abrego Garcia’s legal team about actions the government has taken to retrieve him from El Salvador after mistakenly deporting him to a prison there.

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