Federal attorneys asked the an appeals court to pause a ruling ordering the administration to “facilitate and effectuate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return.

Justice Department attorney Erez Reuveni made multiple critical comments of his agency in court during Friday's hearing over the mistaken deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador.

A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador to the United States within three days, the latest legal setback for the administration's hardline deportation policies.