A federal appeals court unanimously rejected the Trump Administration's appeal related to the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadoran national. The Fourth Circuit's opinion, authored by Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, condemned the Administration's refusal to comply with a district court order for sworn testimony about the deportation. Wilkinson emphasized the importance of due process and warned of potential constitutional crises stemming from the government's actions, highlighting concerns over unlawful detention in foreign prisons without proper legal oversight.
The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order.
Wilkinson described the Trump Administration's defiance as shocking and implored the Administration to respect the rule of law, warning that it is all too possible to see in this case an incipient crisis.
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