The Maryland federal district court adopted a new order that blocks the immediate removal of any detained foreign citizen who has filed a habeas petition.
The standing order, dated Wednesday, comes as a judge on the court has presided over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who the Trump administration has acknowledged was wrongfully deported.
The order says the government or respondents to any petition for writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of a detained foreign citizen are “enjoined and restrained” from removing them from the continental United States or altering their legal status, as ...
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