US Supreme Court rules man wrongly deported to El Salvador must be returned

The US Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador's Cecot prison, must be returned to the US, declining to block a lower court's order to "facilitate and effectuate" his return while also directing Judge Paula Xinis to clarify the extent of her authority in the matter. Following the 9-0 ruling, Judge Xinis has requested that the Trump administration explain by Friday morning how they will return Garcia to the US, though government lawyers have filed a motion to extend this deadline to Tuesday evening. The government has conceded that Garcia, who had previously been granted protection from deportation by an immigration judge due to potential persecution risks in his home country, was deported due to an "administrative error," though they also allege he is a member of the MS-13 gang, which his lawyer Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg denies.