The two judicial rulings meant that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could be released in the coming weeks and return to Maryland.

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The judge on Long Island chided the Trump administration over its effort to “avoid public scrutiny.”

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In exchange for jailing more than 200 deportees, El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has become a favorite of the Trump administration.

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In exchange for jailing more than 200 deportees, El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has become a favorite of the Trump administration.

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The document from El Salvador seems to undermine a position that lawyers for the Justice Department and top Trump officials have taken time and again in front of a judge in Washington.

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