#1
Primary record
U.S. Constitution, Amendment V and Amendment XIV
— the Due Process Clauses, protecting "persons."
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Chapter Fourteen: The Deportation Machine — Due Process and the People Being Swept Up
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#2
Primary record
Immigration judge's 2019 order
granting Kilmar Abrego Garcia withholding of removal to El Salvador (protection against removal to that country; not lawful permanent residence).
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#3
Primary record
Noem v. Abrego Garcia, No. 24A949 (U.S. Apr. 10, 2025)
— the Supreme Court, without a noted dissent, required the government to "facilitate" his release and to handle his case as if he had not been improperly removed, while directing due regard for the deference owed the Executive Branch in foreign affairs.
#4
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Abrego Garcia v. Noem, No. 8:25-cv-00951 (D. Md.)
— the district litigation, including the government's concession that the March 15, 2025 removal was an "administrative error."
#5
Primary record
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit opinion (Wilkinson, J.)
describing CECOT (the Center for Terrorism Confinement) and the unlawful removal.
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#6
Reporting
United States v. Abrego Garcia (M.D. Tenn.)
— the June 2025 alien-smuggling indictment (arising from a 2022 traffic stop) and not-guilty plea; U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw's May 22, 2026 order dismissing the case for the government's failure to rebut the presumption of vindictive prosecution; the Justice Department's appeal to the Sixth Circuit.
#7
Primary record
Federal statutes and regulations governing withholding of removal, expedited and regular removal, asylum, and Convention Against Torture protection
— the framework that assigns different process to different statuses.
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