Abrego Garcia case prompts key DOJ oustings, clears way for Trump deportation agenda

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....