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.

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.

A Friday hearing is set for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father mistakenly deported by the Trump Administration to a supermax prison in El Salvador. Despite the mistake government has made no efforts to rescue him.