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Wed Jul 23, 2025, 02:59 PM Jul 23

JUST IN: Judge Xinis orders that the Trump Admin "SHALL NOT" take Abrego-Garcia into custody and that includes ICE once

Katie Phang
‪@katiephang.bsky.social‬

JUST IN:

Judge Xinis in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case orders that once he is released from custody in his pending federal criminal case in Tennessee, that the Trump Administration "SHALL NOT" take him into custody and that includes ICE.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.239.0.pdf

JUST IN:

Judge Xinis in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case orders that once he is released from custody in his pending federal criminal case in Tennessee, that the Trump Administration "SHALL NOT" take him into custody and that includes ICE.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) 2025-07-23T18:28:25.755Z

WHOA. This is massive. Judge Xinis relies on her earlier order requiring ICE to "restore the status quo ante" for Mr. Abrego Garcia prior to his wrongful arrest and removal as justification to bar ICE from immediately re-detaining him should be released on bail.

DOJ is certain to appeal.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-07-23T18:31:53.680Z

Judge Xinis also orders ICE to provide 72 hours notice (excluding weekends and holidays) if they want to deport Mr. Abrego Garcia to a third country.

She says the Trump admin has "done little to assure the Court that absent intervention, Abrego Garcia’s due process rights will be protected"

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-07-23T18:40:01.166Z

Full memorandum opinion here. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

And full order here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-07-23T18:40:45.484Z

Important additional information! The judge in Tennessee just granted Abrego Garcia release on bond with conditions, finding that the DOJ did NOT meet its burden to prove that Mr. Abrego Garcia was a flight risk or such a danger to the community that release must be denied even with conditions.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-07-23T18:46:49.991Z
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JUST IN: Judge Xinis orders that the Trump Admin "SHALL NOT" take Abrego-Garcia into custody and that includes ICE once (Original Post) In It to Win It Jul 23 OP
Does ANYONE believe the regime will obey this ruling...? regnaD kciN Jul 23 #1
If they do, I will expect the criminal charges would probably be dropped as they really have Bev54 Jul 23 #2
They really don't need any other reason to deport him... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 23 #8
It was their initial excuse for deporting, that he was MS13 gang member and guilty of human trafficing Bev54 Jul 23 #9
Yes, the unlawful deportation... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 23 #11
That's not gonna stand n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 23 #3
It is ironic... Teacher of the Year Jul 23 #4
So long as the materials re- Epstein's "clients" remain secret, snot Jul 23 #5
Pfft ... we'll just ignore the order. Who's going to stop us? n/t aggiesal Jul 23 #6
K&R UTUSN Jul 23 #7
K&R spanone Jul 23 #10

Bev54

(12,910 posts)
2. If they do, I will expect the criminal charges would probably be dropped as they really have
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 03:22 PM
Jul 23

not much evidence in the case and made it all up to give their excuse for deporting him.

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,673 posts)
8. They really don't need any other reason to deport him...
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:17 PM
Jul 23

...he's already under a deportation order. They can't deport him to El Salvador, but they can send him to a third country.

Bev54

(12,910 posts)
9. It was their initial excuse for deporting, that he was MS13 gang member and guilty of human trafficing
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:29 PM
Jul 23

We know they won't use any excuse to deport him again and that is the problem the courts are dealing with. They say he is entitled to his day in court under due process and he is suing the Trump government because of it. I am wondering if they will drop those charges now because they don't have much chance of convicting him, as the judges have already said and now they can't deport him without the due process.

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,673 posts)
11. Yes, the unlawful deportation...
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:34 PM
Jul 23

...to CECOT was because he was supposedly MS13; they didn't bring the human trafficking charges until they had to bring him back due to the unlawful deportation, and the assumption is that they only brought those charges so that they could keep him in jail.

Had they not sent him to CECOT in violation of the order to not send him to El Salvador, they could have sent him to a third country months ago.

He entered the country illegally, so they don't really need any other reason to deport him.

snot

(11,307 posts)
5. So long as the materials re- Epstein's "clients" remain secret,
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:30 PM
Jul 23

they will likely continue to be used to blackmail important people for corrupt, possibly treasonous purposes in the future.

aggiesal

(10,343 posts)
6. Pfft ... we'll just ignore the order. Who's going to stop us? n/t
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:59 PM
Jul 23

Do I need the sarcasm thingee, or is this too close to reality?

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