The lawyer who criticized the U.S. government over its handling of the deportation of an illegal immigrant to his home country is no longer with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Attorney General Pam Bondi said on April 16.
Erez Reuveni “is not with our office anymore, and he won’t be coming back,” Bondi said during an appearance on Fox News.
A DOJ spokesperson declined to say whether Reuveni resigned or was fired.
Reuveni did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
The DOJ had suspended Reuveni after he appeared for the department in the first court appearance for a case brought by an illegal immigrant residing in Maryland. The man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was arrested in March and deported to his native country of El Salvador….