Washington — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to intervene in an ongoing legal battle over a Maryland man who was mistakenly arrested and removed to El Salvador last month.
The Justice Department’s request for emergency relief from the high court comes as it faces a court-ordered 11:59 p.m. deadline to return the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, to the U.S. Abrego Garcia was deported to the Salvadoran supermax prison on March 15 despite a 2019 protective order that should have prevented him from being sent to the country.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
