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.

HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — The wife of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador joined dozens of supporters at a rally before a court hearing Friday, where his lawyers will ask a federal judge to order the Trump administration to return him to the U.S.

A judge is hearing arguments Friday in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador despite having protected legal status.