Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, is still being held in a maximum-security mega-prison in the Central American nation.
Late last month, the Salvadoran national and his family sued various Trump administration officials to secure his return to the United States. The administration conceded in court filings that it had mistakenly deported the father of three as part of its recent deportation flights, which are now at the center of a fraught legal battle.
US District Judge Paula Xinis, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, said Abrego Garcia’s removal to El Salvador was “an illegal act” and ordered the government to facilitate his return to the US by 11:59 p.m. on April 7. The Supreme Court upheld the order on April 10.
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