Chief Justice John Roberts blocks order to return wrongly deported man

Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has temporarily blocked a court order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to return a Maryland man who was illegally deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador. Trump's Department of Justice filed an emergency appeal on Monday morning after a federal judge ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be returned to the United States. "IT IS ORDERED that the April 4, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, case No. Solicitor General John Sauer argued that U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis exceeded his authority by ordering Garcia's return.