The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Thursday a judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to facilitate the return to the United States of a Salvadoran man who the government has acknowledged was deported in error to El Salvador.

The Supreme Court on Thursday required President Donald Trump’s administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador but stopped short of requiring the government to return him to the United States.

The justices rejected the executive’s request and upheld the district judge’s ruling that deemed the expulsion of Kilmar Abrego García was ‘without legal basis’

BREAKING: The Supreme Court said that the Trump administration is required to "facilitate" the release of a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to an El Salvador prison. The court partly granted and partly rejected an emergency request filed by the Justice Department contesting a judge’s order that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be retrieved from a prison in El Salvador where he was sent on March 15 along with alleged Venezuelan gang members.

The Trump administration had conceded that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported because of an "administrative error", but fought against his return to the US.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal.

Family and friends of a Democratic lawmakers held a press conference demanding the return of a person who was deported to El Salvador that the White House has described as an "administrative error" on Wednesday.

Supreme Court says Trump administration must facilitate return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

STORY: Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. to a so called mega-prison in El Salvador are in legal limbo.They’ve not committed a crime in the country they’re detained in - but are also unable to return to the U.