A US appeals court denied an emergency motion by the Trump administration to halt a federal judge’s effort to facilitate the return of a Maryland man wrong deported to a prison in his native El Salvador,

A spokeswoman for the presidency of El Salvador, Wendy Ramos, did not respond to requests for information about Senator Van Hollen’s meeting with Abrego Garcia, including whether he had been returned to the prison where American officials have said he is being held, the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.