US administration argues judge cannot order return of man mistakenly deported

The deported man’s wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura has called for his return (AP)

A US federal judge did not have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from America to a notorious El Salvador prison, government lawyers argued, as they urged an appeals court to suspend the ruling.

US district judge Paula Xinis ordered the administration to “facilitate and effectuate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to America by Monday night.