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US judge to hear lawsuit of man deported to El Salvador in error
By Mike Scarcella
April 4, 2025 1:02 PM EDT Updated 42 min ago
Salvadoran prison guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 31, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File
Summary
• 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.
By Mike Scarcella
April 4, 2025 1:02 PM EDT Updated 42 min ago
Salvadoran prison guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 31, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File
Summary
• 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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