What to know as deadline looms for Trump administration to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
A federal judge on Sunday insisted the Trump administration bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man accidentally deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador, rejecting efforts to delay a Monday deadline for his return to the United States.
A federal judge insisted Sunday that the Trump administration bring back a Maryland man who was accidentally deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador, rejecting efforts to delay a deadline of Monday for his return to the United States.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal resident protected from deportation by a 2019 court order, is originally from El Salvador and has lived in the United States since 2011. He was mistakenly deported to the notorious jail on March 15, along with Venezuelan men whom Trump administration officials claimed were gang members.
Authorities apprehended Abrego Garcia in an Ikea parking lot March 12, according to his attorney, with his 5-year-old autistic son in the back seat of his car.
The Trump administration called his deportation an “administrative error.”
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said Friday that the deportation was unlawful and ordered the government to return Abrego Garcia to the United States by 11:59 p.m. Monday.
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