Supreme Court says Trump admin must 'facilitate' release of man wrongly deported to El Salvador prison
The Trump administration conceded that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who officials allege is a member of the MS-13 gang, was wrongly deported to El Salvador.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that the Trump administration is required to "facilitate" the release of a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to an El Salvador prison.
The court partly granted and partly rejected an emergency request filed by the Justice Department contesting a judge’s order that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be retrieved from a prison in El Salvador where he was sent March 15 along with men alleged to be Venezuelan gang members.
“The rule of law won today. Time to bring him home," Andrew Rossman, one of Abrego Garcia's lawyers, said in an email.
The decision means the administration does not immediately have to try to return Abrego Garcia to the United States because a judge-imposed deadline has already expired, but it "should be prepared to share what it can concerning the steps it has taken and the prospect of further steps," the unsigned decision said.
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