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Judge orders US to bring deported Maryland man back from El Salvador prison

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USA TODAY

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4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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USA TODAY White House Correspondent Michael Collins discusses a judge's decision to order a deported man sent back to the United States.

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USA TODAY National Correspondent Dinah Voyles Pulver explains how the military is taking an abrupt turn after decades of climate change research.

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0:00.0

Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, April 5th, 2025. This is the excerpt.

0:14.5

Today, a judge has ordered the U.S. to bring a deported Maryland man back from an El Salvador prison, plus the latest on a brutal end

0:21.4

of the week for the markets, and the military shifts on climate change. A federal judge said

0:28.1

the Trump administration acted illegally when it deported a Maryland man in error to El Salvador

0:33.0

in order that he be returned. That's after his wife, Jennifer, and others fought for weeks to bring him home.

0:39.2

And the blink of the nine, our three children lost their father.

0:43.8

And I lost in love of my life.

0:46.3

I spoke with USA Today, White House correspondent Michael Collins for more.

0:50.2

Michael, thank you so much for joining me on this.

0:52.5

Thank you for having me.

0:53.7

So tell us a little, if you would, about Kilmar, his background and how for joining me on this. Thank you for having me. So tell us a little,

0:54.5

if you would, about Kilmar, his background and how he was initially brought in, Michael,

0:58.9

by immigration officials last month. Kilmire is a 29-year-old father of three. He lives in

1:05.4

Biltseville, Maryland, which is about half an hour outside of Washington, D.C. It's roughly between Washington and Baltimore.

1:13.2

And he came to the United States when he was a teenager in 2011. He's from El Salvador, and his

1:19.6

parents sent him to the U.S. to get him away from gang activity. He said he was being pressured

1:25.4

by a lot of the gangs down there to join them. So he's been here for a number of years. He said he was being pressured by a lot of the gangs down there to join them.

1:29.3

So he's been here for a number of years. He worked for a while as a day labor, getting whatever

1:34.6

jobs he could get. But a few years ago, he got work as an apprentice sheet metal worker.

1:42.3

And so he was doing very well for himself. He got married.

1:46.0

He lived in a nice suburb in Billsville, Maryland. And he had a son. He has two other, he has

1:54.1

a biological son. He has two other children that he's raising his own. So he seemed to be living the American dream, if you will.

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