DOJ indicates Trump admin not obligated to return man deported to El Salvador, pushing back on judiciary

While a court ordered the U.S. government to pursue "steps to facilitate the return" of a Salvadoran man removed from the U.S. last month, the Justice Department asserted that federal courts do not have the authority to dictate to the executive branch how to handle foreign relations and that the order only requires removal of "domestic obstacles" that would hinder the man's ability to return to the U.S.

The legal wranglings concern Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland...