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Judge rules Trump must return to US man wrongly deported to El Salvador

Protesters rally against Trump deportations in Providence, Rhode Island [File: Charles Krupa/The Associated Press]

A federal judge has ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to return a man to the United States after he was wrongly deported to El Salvador.

Before issuing the ruling on Friday, Judge Paula Xinis called Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation “an illegal act” and condemned Trump administration lawyers for lacking answers to fundamental questions surrounding the incident.

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