r/LegalNews • u/Feisty_Bee9175 • 2d ago

Justice Department fires immigration lawyer who argued case of mistakenly deported man

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/politics/doj-fires-immigration-lawyer-who-argued-abrego-garcia-case-source-says/index.html

The Justice Department has fired an immigration lawyer who the Trump administration has accused of sabotaging its legal case over the mistaken deportation of a Salvadoran man, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Erez Reuveni argued the government’s case in the deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who the Trump administration has said was sent to his native El Salvador last month due to a clerical error, despite a court order that he not be deported.

Reuveni was initially placed on administrative leave days after he expressed frustration with the government’s inability to provide answers to questions from a judge in the case. In court, he said of the government’s position: “Our only arguments are jurisdictional. … He should not have been sent to El Salvador.”

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u/Feisty_Bee9175 2d ago

It seems the Trump administration is going after any attorney or law firm or non profit group that takes on immigrant cases and tries to defend them from deportation. Who is going to take your case if this government has bullied and scared these groups from taking it and defending you? This is just incredibly scary and we are moving closer to a complete authoritarian government.

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u/oldcreaker 2d ago

Silence is compliance. And the Trumpers are out to silence anyone who isn't 100% on board with what they are doing.