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A timeline of the legal battle over the mistaken deportation of a Maryland father to El Salvador

Headline from KTVZ Bend, on the newest of 3 developments

By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a lower court-ordered deadline to return to the US a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, granting the Trump administration additional time to review the case.

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  1. Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was ‘wholly lawless’

    Headline from Anchorage Daily News ·

  2. Supreme Court pauses order to return mistakenly deported Maryland man

    Headline from FOX 5 New York ·

  3. Newest

    A timeline of the legal battle over the mistaken deportation of a Maryland father to El Salvador

    Headline from KTVZ Bend ·

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  1. Forbes

    Judge Orders Trump Administration To Return Maryland Man Deported To El Salvador (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The White House insisted earlier this week the man would not be returned to the U.S., alleging he was a cartel leader.

  2. Fox2 Detroit

    Maryland man deported to El Salvador must be returned to the United States, judge says (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.

  3. NBC4 Washington

    Judge orders US to bring mistakenly deported Maryland man home (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador due to an "administrative error," ICE admitted. Here's what a federal judge said Friday.

  4. Fox News

    Judge orders Trump administration to return Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison (opens Fox News)

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    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.

  5. ABC 7 San Francisco

    US must return Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison, judge says (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    A federal judge on Friday ordered the Donald Trump administration to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father deported to El Salvador.

  6. Digital Journal

    Judge orders return to US of Salvadoran man deported in error (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A federal judge on Friday ordered the return to the United States of a Salvadoran migrant who was mistakenly deported last month to a notorious prison in

  7. WHDH Boston

    The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United

  8. CBS News

    Case of a Maryland father mistakenly deported to El Salvador goes before federal judge Friday (opens CBS News)

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    A federal judge will hear arguments Friday in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who the Trump administration admitted was erroneously deported to a prison in El Salvador.

  9. Deutsche Welle

    US judge orders return of wrongly deported El Salvador man – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The 29-year-old man, who lived in the country legally and is married to a US citizen, was deported due to an "administrative error." This is the latest blow to the Trump administration's hardline migration policies.

  10. RedState

  11. Winchester Star

    Rally and court hearing set for Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison (opens Winchester Star)

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    Winchester Star's feed description

    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. The White House has already argued

  12. NPR

    Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported (opens NPR)

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    A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the courts.

  13. FOX 5 DC

    Hearing set for Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    Lawyers for a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador are demanding his return to the United States and will appear in court Friday to file a motion urging the Trump administration to bring him back.

  14. New York Post

    Judge rules that US must return Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador prision (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.

  15. Seattle Times

    The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, a judge says (opens Seattle Times)

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    A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El...

  16. Washington Examiner

    Judge orders return of mistakenly deported Maryland man (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A judge ruled that the Trump administration must return a Salvadoran national, whom it mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador.

  17. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Judge orders deported man’s return (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    GREENBELT, Md. -- A federal judge Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, while a U.S. government attorney was at a loss to explain what happened.

  18. West Hawaii Today

    Judge orders return of wrongly deported Maryland man to US from El Salvador (opens West Hawaii Today)

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    A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador back to the United States within three days, the latest legal setback for the administration’s hardline deportation policies.

  19. Green Field Reporter

    Trump administration argues judge can't order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge didn’t have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison, government attorneys argued Saturday as they urged an appeals court to suspend the ruling.

  20. Daily Journal

    Trump administration argues judge can't order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador (opens Daily Journal)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge didn’t have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison, government attorneys argued Saturday as they urged an appeals court to suspend the ruling.

  21. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Trump administration is ordered to return migrant deported to El Salvador (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge gave the Trump administration until the end of Monday to return to the United States a Maryland man who was inadvertently deported to El Salvador last month despite a court order allowing him to stay in the country.

  22. FOX 35 Orlando

    Trump administration says US can't force return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    A federal judge didn’t have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison, government attorneys argued Saturday as they urged an appeals court to suspend the ruling.

  23. MyNorthwest

    Judge again orders Trump administration to return man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A federal judge is for the second time ordering the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to a notorious

  24. Fox32 Chicago

    Supreme Court pauses order to return mistakenly deported Maryland man (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily paused a Maryland judge's order to return to the U.S. a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

  25. SCOTUSblog

    Trump asks Supreme Court to block order to return wrongly deported man to U.S. (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    SCOTUSblog's feed description

    The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Monday morning, asking the justices to block an order by a federal judge in Maryland that instructed the federal government to return a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador, where he is being held in a maximum-security mega-prison, to

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