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A federal judge in Maryland on Monday blocked the Trump administration from delaying the deportation case of Salvadorian migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia because of the ongoing government shutdown. The judge ordered both parties to return to court Friday, this time with a government official prepared to testify under oath, about plans to deport him to the southern African nation of Eswatini.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued the order during a Monday status hearing focused on Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador in March in what Trump officials called an "administrative error." He was returned to the U.S. in June and later indicted on unrelated criminal charges in Tennessee.

Xinis appeared to lose patience on se

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