Attorneys with Murray Osorio, the immigration law firm representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia in his Maryland lawsuit against the Trump administration over his March deportation, admitted in a Friday hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis that they do not have access to the A-File associated with Abrego Garcia’s 2019 immigration case.
This A-File contains the filing made on behalf of Abrego Garcia in 2019, using the official government Form I-589 for seeking Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and Relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
The revelation was made by Abrego Garcia’s defense attorneys in response to a question from Xinis, according to Roger Parloff and Anna Bower of Law and Crime, who both reported from the media room of the courthouse where Xinis called a Friday hearing in anticipation of her potential ruling to force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain Abrego Garcia in Maryland.
“You do have the A-File, right?” Xinis reportedly asked Abrego Garcia’s attorneys.
Maintained by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an A-File, or Alien File, is the comprehensive record of an illegal immigrant’s interactions with immigration authorities and courts.
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