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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bill Barrow

US won't say whether it's facilitating return of mistakenly deported man, despite judge's order

Maryland Deportation Error - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.

But the government's filing did not address the judge's demands that the administration detail what steps it was taking to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States. The government only said Garcia is under the authority of the El Salvador government.

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