Abrego Garcia, who had fled El Salvador as a teenager to escape gang violence, was expelled and sent back to his native land even though he had won a court order six years earlier barring his removal.

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

A U.S. judge in Maryland is scheduled to hear arguments on Friday over the erroneous deportation of a Salvadoran man who was flown to El Salvador last month as part of an agreement by President Donald Trump's administration with that country's government to detain alleged gang members.