First at TPM: Judge Orders Immigrant Released After Surreal Journey Through Trump’s Gulag Archipelago

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In the case of Guatemalan national Faustino Pablo Pablo, we have both in spades. By the time the Judge Guaderrama issued the injunction later that day, Pablo had already been unlawfully deported to Guatemala. In response, Judge Guaderrama lifted his injunction barring Pablo’s removal but in a subsequent order required that an immigration judge review the denial of Pablo’s application for withholding from removal to Mexico. Getting fed up, Judge Guaderrama held an evidentiary hearing of his own on July 29. Pablo was scheduled for another immigration court hearing to be held on Aug. 31.