Trump admin suspends lawyer in case of Maryland man mistakenly deported for failing to 'zealously advocate'

The Trump administration has placed a Justice Department (DOJ) lawyer connected permission for not "zealously advocating" its presumption successful the lawsuit involving a Salvadoran antheral surviving successful Maryland who was mistakenly deported past month. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi's bureau placed Erez Reuveni, who argued for the government, successful Friday’s proceeding successful which a justice ruled Maryland begetter Kilmar Abrego Garcia indispensable beryllium returned to the U.S. by Monday, connected indefinite paid leave, Fox News has learned. 

"At my direction, each Department of Justice lawyer is required to zealously advocator connected behalf of the United States," Bondi told the New York Times successful a statement. "Any lawyer who fails to abide by this absorption volition look consequences." 

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the DOJ for comment. 

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In this undated photograph provided by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a antheral identified by Jennifer Vasquez Sura arsenic her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is led by unit by guards done the Terrorism Confinement Center successful Tecoluca, El Salvador.  (U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland via AP)

Reuveni on Friday admitted that Garcia’s deportation was a mistake, according to the New York Times. 

On Saturday, the Trump medication argued successful an exigency entreaty that U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis can’t unit the medication to instrumentality Garcia to the U.S. 

Xinis connected Friday ruled that the government indispensable marque arrangements to person Garcia backmost successful the U.S. earlier Monday astatine midnight.

The Saturday exigency entreaty seeks to temporarily enactment Xinis’ determination until the authorities has clip to decently entreaty the ruling. 

"Late Friday afternoon, a national territory justice ordered the United States to unit El Salvador to nonstop 1 of its citizens – a subordinate of MS-13, nary little – backmost to the United States by midnight connected Monday. If determination was ever a lawsuit for an exigency enactment pending appeal, this would beryllium it," the authorities wrote successful the exigency entreaty reviewed by Fox News Digital. 

The authorities besides argued that it "does not person power over" Garcia present that helium is successful El Salvador. 

"Nevertheless, the court’s injunction commands that Defendants accomplish, somehow, Abrego Garcia’s instrumentality to the United States successful springiness oregon instrumentality 1 concern day," the entreaty said, calling it "indefensible."

An undated photograph shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia.  (Murray Osorio PLLC via AP)

The filing said that the "lacked the power" to necessitate the authorities "on the clock, to effort to unit a overseas state to instrumentality a discrete action."

It added, "Abrego Garcia has been recovered to beryllium a subordinate of a designated Foreign 3 Terrorist Organization, MS-13. Given that status, helium has nary ineligible close oregon ground to beryllium successful the United States astatine all." 

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Xinis connected Friday said that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's March 15th expulsion of Garcia violated the Administrative Procedures Act, since it occurred without a judicial proceeding.

The Trump medication has acknowledged Garcia's removal was an "administrative error," but has besides defended it, alleging that Garcia has ties to MS-13.  

"This idiosyncratic is an amerciable transgression who broke our nation’s migration laws. He is simply a person successful the brutal MS-13 gang, and helium is progressive successful quality trafficking," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a briefing connected Tuesday. 

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said each authorities lawyers are required to "zealously advocate" connected its behalf.  (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

"And present MS-13 is simply a designated overseas violent organization. Foreign terrorists person nary ineligible protections successful the United States of America. And this medication is going to proceed to deport overseas terrorists and amerciable criminals from our nation’s interior," she added. 

An migration justice 5 years agone said Garcia, who came to the U.S. illegally successful 2011 and asked for asylum, could not beryllium deported to his location country, implicit concerns helium would go a unfortunate of section El Salvador pack members.

His petition for asylum was denied, but helium was fixed extortion from deportation and ICE didn't entreaty the decision. 

Garcia's wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, who is simply a U.S. citizen, has vigorously campaigned for his return. 

Garcia had been moving arsenic a expanse metallic apprentice in Maryland and was arrested successful an IKEA parking batch connected March 12 portion his 5-year-old lad was successful the car. 

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His lawyers person argued the antheral had a Department of Homeland Security licence to enactment successful the country, and powerfully contradict immoderate pack affiliations. They besides accidental that the authorities has fixed small grounds to backmost up its claim. 

There was nary denotation however the authorities would comply, since helium is incarcerated successful an El Salvador situation nether that government's custody.

Fox News' Cameron Arcand and The Associated Press contributed to this report.