Chief Justice John Roberts just hit the brakes—at least temporarily—on a legal injustice involving a Maryland man, Kilmar, according to ABC News, Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the U.S. government. The Supreme Court issued a last-minute administrative stay, delaying a court-ordered deadline to bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. by Monday, April 7, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. 

The Trump administration had asked the Supreme Court to intervene after lower courts ordered the government to fix its error and bring Abrego Garcia back. This stay from Roberts doesn’t mean the court is siding with anyone—it just buys more time to figure things out.

The government admits they deported Abrego Garcia by mistake. Despite having legal protections, he was detained by ICE, held in Texas, and then sent to El Salvador—where he ended up in one of the country’s most infamous mega-prisons. All of this happened while he was living in Maryland with his U.S. citizen wife and their five-year-old kid.

Let’s rewind a bit: Abrego Garcia came to the U.S. in 2011 when he was 16, fleeing gang violence in El Salvador. His attorney, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, says the gang claims are false and should be handled by an immigration judge—not ICE agents or presidential politics.

The Supreme Court gave Abrego Garcia’s legal team until Tuesday at 5 p.m. to respond to the Trump administration’s arguments. No word yet on how the justices will ultimately rule, but all eyes are on them as the clock ticks.

#Clique, what are your thoughts?