A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of committing a “grievous error” that “shocks the conscience” by expelling Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father, to a notorious prison in El Salvador even though the man was under a court order not to be sent back to El Salvador. In a ruling on Sunday, Federal Judge Paula Xinis wrote, “Defendants seized Abrego Garcia without any lawful authority; held him in three separate domestic detention centers without legal basis; failed to present him to any immigration judge or officer; and forcibly transported him to El Salvador in direct contravention of the [Immigration and Nationality Act].” Xinis has ordered the Trump administration to bring him back by midnight tonight.

On Friday, Abrego Garcia’s wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura briefly spoke to reporters in Maryland.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura: “I want to say thank you to everyone that has helped us, that has supported us in fighting this. And we will continue fighting for Kilmar, for my husband. Thank you.”

The Trump administration is now claiming there is nothing it can do to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back home.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has placed a senior immigration lawyer on indefinite leave after he acknowledged in court on Friday that the Trump administration had made a mistake in sending Abrego García back to El Salvador. The lawyer, Erez Reuveni, had worked for the Justice Department for 15 years.