Judge says Trump illegally called up National Guard
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Trump administration, Abrego Garcia and U.S. District Judge
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California officials had argued that the Trump administration’s use of the military for civilian purposes risked imminent harm to the state.
A federal judge granted Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas corpus petition and barred the Trump administration from continuing to seek his detention, according to a court order.
A federal judge has decreed that Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia University protest leader, cannot be detained or deported and set the stage for him to go free as early as Friday.
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A Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States has been released on bail.
"This vindicates what Mahmoud has maintained since day one — that the government cannot detain or deport him based on Rubio’s say-so," Ramzi Kassem, a lawyer for Khalil and a law professor at the City University of New York, said in a statement.
The motion is part of a lawsuit challenging the administration's expansion of the process which allows the government to quickly expel migrants.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, has been returned to the United States to face federal criminal charges, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday.
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to restore AmeriCorps funding in 25 states, including Washington.
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