https://www.scmp.com/rss/523069/feed The latest news and top stories on Paula Xinis. She was appointed to the US federal bench in 2016 by President Barack Obama. Her career includes serving as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for over a decade, where she was also Director of Training. She later became a partner at a Baltimore law firm, handling complex civil and criminal litigation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press A federal judge ordered on Friday that US immigration officials could not detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, hours after his release from immigration detention. Abrego Garcia was appearing on Friday morning for a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office, some 14 hours after he was released from detention on a judge’s orders. His lawyers asked the judge to block authorities from detaining him again. Officials cannot re-detain him until the court conducts a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336288/us-judge-blocks-ice-re-detaining-abrego-garcia-amid-trump-era-immigration-clash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336288/us-judge-blocks-ice-re-detaining-abrego-garcia-amid-trump-era-immigration-clash?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:29:02 +0000 Reuters Reuters A US judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, ruling the US government never secured a formal order for his removal from the United States. The order from US District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland means Abrego Garcia will at least temporarily be allowed to return to his Maryland home despite repeated declarations from Trump administration officials that he would never... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336124/judge-orders-release-salvadorean-kilmar-abrego-garcia-amid-trump-era-immigration-saga?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336124/judge-orders-release-salvadorean-kilmar-abrego-garcia-amid-trump-era-immigration-saga?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:04:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals. US District Judge Thomas Cullen granted a request by the judges to toss the case. Cullen was nominated to the federal bench by Trump in 2020. He serves in the Western District of Virginia, but he was tapped to oversee the case because all 15 of Maryland’s federal judges are... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323247/us-judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-maryland-court-over-immigration-order?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323247/us-judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-maryland-court-over-immigration-order?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:18:45 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The US government would initiate deportation proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he is released from prison before he stands trial on human smuggling charges in Tennessee, a Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge in Maryland on Monday. The disclosure by US lawyer Jonathan Guynn contradicts statements by representatives for the Justice Department and the White House, who said last month that Abrego Garcia would stand trial and possibly spend time in an American prison before the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317296/us-will-try-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-his-trial-justice-department-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3317296/us-will-try-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-his-trial-justice-department-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:05:44 +0000