Xinis was born in Mineola, New York, graduated from the University of Virginia and went to Yale Law School. She clerked for Judge Diana Gribbon Motz on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She was an assistant federal public defender in Maryland and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

A judge gave the Trump administration until 6 p.m. Wednesday to produce information on its efforts to retunr Abrego Garcia. The White House has instead requested a seven day stay of the order.

A federal judge has ordered the government to more fully respond by Wednesday evening to discovery requests from attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia.