Trump Administration Continues to Defy Judge’s Orders in Abrego Garcia Case, Lawyers Say
The Trump administration has once again come under fire for defying a judge’s orders in the case of Abrego Garcia, an undocumented immigrant who was separated from his family at the US-Mexico border. Despite multiple court rulings ordering the administration to reunite Garcia with his family, lawyers representing the family say that the government has continued to drag its feet and disregard the judge’s orders.
Garcia’s case is just one of many in which the Trump administration has been accused of failing to comply with court orders regarding the separation and reunification of families at the border. In June 2018, a federal judge ordered the administration to reunite all separated families within 30 days, but the government has struggled to meet this deadline, citing logistical challenges and difficulties in determining parentage.
Lawyers for Garcia’s family have accused the administration of deliberately stalling and ignoring the judge’s orders in an attempt to avoid reuniting the family. They claim that the government has failed to provide them with information on Garcia’s whereabouts and has not taken any concrete steps towards reuniting him with his family.
The Trump administration’s handling of the family separation crisis has been widely criticized, with many accusing the government of cruelty and incompetence. The administration’s zero-tolerance policy, which resulted in the separation of thousands of families at the border, has been condemned by human rights organizations and politicians from both sides of the aisle.
The continued defiance of court orders in the Abrego Garcia case is just the latest example of the administration’s disregard for the rule of law and its lack of respect for the rights of immigrants. As the legal battle continues, it remains to be seen whether the government will finally comply with the judge’s orders and reunite Garcia with his family, or whether it will continue to flout the law and further erode the rights of immigrants in the United States.