US judge to hear lawsuit of man deported to El Salvador in error

Mike Scarcella - Reuters - 04/04
A U.S. judge in Maryland is scheduled to hear arguments on Friday over the erroneous deportation of a Salvadoran man who was flown to El Salvador last month as part of an agreement by President Donald Trump's administration with that country's government to detain alleged gang members.
  • Lawyers for Salvadoran migrant seek his return to U.S.
  • Trump administration has acknowledged his erroneous deportation
  • Administration says it lacks authority to return him
April 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Maryland is scheduled to hear arguments on Friday over the erroneous deportation of a Salvadoran man who was flown to El Salvador last month as part of an agreement by President Donald Trump's administration with that country's government to detain alleged gang members.
Attorneys for the man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, will ask U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis at a 1 p.m. hearing to force the administration to ask El Salvador to return him to the U.S. and bar the government from continuing to pay El Salvador to detain him.

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The U.S. has acknowledged Abrego Garcia’s deportation was made in error, but said it had no legal authority to bring him back to the country.
The hearing in the Greenbelt, Maryland, federal court will mark another flashpoint in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.
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