The Department of Justice asked Tuesday for the federal judge overseeing efforts to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. to drop the mistakenly deported Maryland man’s case altogether.

The Trump administration sought to dismiss a lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation, arguing the court lacked jurisdiction to order his return.

When a Maryland Democrat decided to use Memorial Day to send a message that should outrage Americans, President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security was waiting for him. Second-term Rep. Glenn Ivey,

The Salvadoran government knew we were coming to see him. We notified their embassy in Washington, local officials, and our own ambassador to the country. Yet, they shut us out.”

SAN SALVADOR — The gang name was scrawled onto classroom desks and written on bathroom walls. At the school where Kilmar Abrego García spent most of his adolescence, the students all knew who was in charge of the neighborhood: MS-13.