A federal judge on Monday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys representing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the lawsuit brought by Kilmar Abrego Garcia during the government shutdown, despite the attorneys telling the court that their continued work on the case would be illegal without funding. 

Obama-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis on Monday declined prosecutors' requests to stay future deadlines, and instead ordered the DOJ to produce witnesses capable of explaining what steps, if any, the government has taken to deport Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, the landlocked African nation, for an evidentiary hearing on Friday.

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