From Fox News: A high-stakes immigration case involving Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has prompted the ousting, suspension or resignation of several longtime Justice Department officials, clearing out potential internal resistance to the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.
Abrego Garcia’s case, in particular, has dominated headlines for months and become a flashpoint for how far the Justice Department is willing to go to enforce President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, even at the cost of ousting career officials and raising suggestions from some federal judges that administration officials are acting in bad faith.
In Maryland, testimony from veteran prosecutor and then-acting deputy director of the Department of Justice’s Office of Immigration Litigation, Erez Reuveni, prompted DOJ to fire him after he conceded to U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis that Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador as the result of an “administrative error.”
One day after Reuveni testified, senior Justice Department officials placed him on indefinite leave, citing what they described as his failure to “zealously advocate” for the government. (His supervisor at the Justice Department, August Flentje, was also placed on leave.)
Shortly after being placed on leave, Reuveni was fired.
The report lists other rogue officials who have also been ousted or who have resigned, due to not aligning with the Trump administration’s policies.
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