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.

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

García es ciudadano de El Salvador y había estado viviendo legalmente en Estados Unidos hasta que fue deportado por error

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was arrested by the government and sent to an El Salvador prison in error and then returned to the U.S., argue in a court filing Wednesday that he should be freed from jail pending criminal trial.

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a judge to put severe sanctions on the Trump administration, saying federal officials violated court orders to prove the steps they were taking to attempt to get the wrongfully deported man out of El Salvador for weeks,