DOJ Defies Federal Judge’s Deadline On Deported Man

The Washington Post reports:

The Trump administration did not comply with a federal judge’s order setting a Friday morning deadline for officials to lay out steps for the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, calling it “impracticable” to adhere to a time limit set hours after the Supreme Court affirmed much of the judge’s previous order for the man’s return.

Justice Department lawyers instead asked to be allowed to have until Tuesday to provide the information, eliciting a rebuke from the judge, who gave them until 11:30 a.m. Friday, two more hours past her original deadline. In a response, the Justice Department said it is unable to provide the information in such a short time.

“In light of the insufficient amount of time afforded to review the Supreme Court’s Order following the dissolution of the administrative stay in this case, Defendants are not in a position where they ‘can’ share any information requested by the Court,” a Justice Department attorney wrote in the reply. “That is the reality.”

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Breaking: The Trump administration did not comply with a federal judge’s order setting a Friday morning deadline for officials to lay out steps for the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador.https://t.co/O1GEhGcgMr

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