If it's Tuesday, a high-stakes court hearing is happening right now on the fate of the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, as questions loom over what consequences, if any, the Trump administration will face if it defies the courts.

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University after the Ivy League institution rejected the president's demands to overhaul its

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Thank you. Hi there. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, where we're following breaking news as a hearing gets underway. In the case of a Maryland man, the DOJ admitted, was

mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

The hearing comes amid an escalating standoff between the White House and the federal courts

and growing questions about what happens if the president defies the judiciary in this case

or in one of several other immigration-related cases.

The hearing happening right now is for the judge in Maryland to get an update on what steps the government is taking to return Kilmar-Abrego-Garcia to the U.S.

After last week, the Supreme Court ordered the administration to, quote, facilitate his return.

The Trump administration has so far not acted on that

order and appears ready to defy it, as several administration officials claim that it's not up to

them, whether Mr. Abrago Garcia is returned.

Deporting him back to El Salvador was always going to be the end result. There is never going to be a world

in which this is an individual who's going to live a peaceful life in Maryland. That's up to

El Salvador if they want to return him. That's not up to us. He's a citizen of El Salvador. So

it's very arrogant even for American media to suggest that we would even tell El Salvador

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