U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis described Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation as “an illegal act” and pressed a Justice Department attorney for answers, leading to a tense courtroo...

Lawyers for a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador will ask a federal judge to order the U.S. to return him.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador despite legal protection. His imprisonment sparked protests and allegations of human rights violations.

April 4 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to return home Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father mistakenly deported by the Trump administration to a supermax prison in El Salvador.

A federal judge in Maryland ruled on Friday that a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador must be returned to the U.S. by Monday.