Spouse pleads for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported
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"He's never been convicted for anything," Jennifer Vasquez told ABC News Live Prime on Wednesday.
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the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted a judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to return him by the end of the day Monday.
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The attorney said in court that the administration shouldn't have deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a protected legal resident.
Police believed Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a member of the MS-13 gang for two reasons: He was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat and hoodie, and an unnamed informant had told them so.
A federal judge has ordered that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia be returned to the U.S. after being deported last month to an El Salvadoran megaprison.
A federal judge's deadline to return an alleged undocumented gang member from a prison in his native country of El Salvador, continues to loom over the Trump Administration.
As she continues to wait for the return of her husband, Jennifer Vasquez Sura plans to meet with members of Congress on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Justice Department lawyers compared their power to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia to ending the war in Ukraine or returning hostages from Gaza.
Four weeks after a Maryland father was detained by ICE and wrongfully deported to El Salvador, his wife and lawmakers spoke on Capitol Hill about the urgent need to bring him home. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained on March 12 and flown on a Justice Department flight to a notorious prison – though he had legal status to live in the U.