One was from her husband, who said he had been pulled over after finishing his construction shift. The other was from Homeland Security, telling her she had just 10 minutes to pick up the couple’s 5-year-old son who was in the car with her husband.
Federal prosecutors argued that U.S. courts have no jurisdiction to order the man’s release because he is no longer in U.S. custody.
The government's mistaken deportation of a Maryland father to El Salvador has drawn new outrage from Baltimore's mayor and some members of the Maryland Congressional delegation for what they see as sloppy immigration enforcement.
A Maryland father who was deported to El Salvador is now suing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons and several other officials.
This is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father who was deported to El Salvador.
A federal judge ruled Friday that a Maryland father who was mistakenly deported ​to a prison in El Salvador must be returned to the U.S. by Monday, April 7.
The White House acknowledged Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was deported in error, but the government is reluctant to try to get him back.
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back to the United States after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month.