The Trump administration on Monday implored a federal judge to reject any continued legal challenges leveled by Kilmar Abrego Garcia as he attempts to fight deportation.

In a 29-page motion with the bespoke title of " Defendants' Return to the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus ," the U.S. Department of Justice argued that, rather, Abrego Garcia can only pursue his claims through a specific process before an immigration judge.

Immigration judges are not the same as regular – or Article III – federal judges. Rather, they are fully creatures of statute under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and more appropriately a kind of federal officer. Whereas Article III judges are appointed by the president, immigration judges are simply employees of the Executive Office for Immigration Revi

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