Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland and legally protected from deportation, had been held in a Salvadoran prison since March 15.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s subsequent arrival to El Salvador sparked a saga of protests and distrust between Trump’s administration and citizens. It continues Friday at a court in Tennessee.

The case over his wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in the debate over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Washington — A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the mistakenly deported man who was recently brought back from El Salvador to face charges in the U.S., said his case is bigger than one individual.

The Trump administration complied with an order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he was mistakenly sent to his native El Salvador, the DOJ argued.