Federal Judge Paula Xinis is at the center of the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration that has emerged as a critical test of Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration in the United States.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he has met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who immigration officials say was deported by error, in El Salvador on Thursday.

PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed told a Jamestown town hall he would "absolutely" consider going to El Salvador if it might help his Senate colleague Chris Van Hollen's effort to secure the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported by the Trump administration.