Judge blocks Trump’s push to deport Abrego Garcia, rebukes DOJ for trying to ‘dictate’ court

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. 'Fox News Sunday' anchor Shannon Bream on the eruption of anti-ICE protests across the country and the case against MS-13 suspect Kilmar Abrego Garcia. A U.S. judge in Maryland rejected the Trump administration's attempt to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, using an otherwise procedural order Tuesday to scold the Justice Department for its conduct and for attempting, in the judge's view, to "dictate" the actions of the court. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis took umbrage at the government's demand that she rule by mid-April on their request for her to dissolve her injunction keeping Abrego Garcia in the U.S. for now, and allowing them to deport him to Liberia. She sharply disputed the Justice Department's assertion that the court "must" rule by that date, at risk of having the injunction ignored. "Respondents cannot dictate the Court’s schedule