The facts on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man deported to El Salvador

Data: Axios research; Chart: Axios VisualsThe fate of a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador remains in flux amid a legal battle between the government and the courts.The big picture: In a test of the powers of the executive and judicial branches, the Trump administration has so far refused to comply with a Supreme Court order requiring it to facilitate Kilmar Armando Ábrego García's return from a high-security prison for terrorists in El Salvador.Context: The government accused Ábrego García, a Salvadorian national legally living in Maryland, of being a member of MS-13, even though he has not been charged with any gang-related crimes.He was detained by immigration officials and mistakenly deported, despite a court order that he remain in the U.S. due to a likelihood of harm in El Salvador.Department of Justice attorneys previously conceded that he was removed to El Salvador because of an "administrative error."April 23U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis postponed the discovery process until 5pm on April 30 after the Trump administration filed a sealed motion following her order a day earlier to respond to all outstanding discovery requests and evidence for claims of privilege.Ábrego García's legal team filed a sealed response. Both parties agreed to the postponement. April 18Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Ábrego García was moved from the country's notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison to a detention center in Santa Ana, El Salvador.April 17Hours after Van Hollen was denied entry to CECOT for a second time, the senator was able to meet with Ábrego García, his Maryland constituent.A federal appeals court earlier that day rejected a Trump administration request to block a lower court's order requiring his return.April 16El Salvador's government denied a request from Van Hollen to see or speak to Ábrego García, the senator said during a visit to the country.Van Hollen said he asked El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa why his constituent is being held if U.S. courts and El Salvador's government had found no evidence that Ábrego García is a member of the MS-13 gang."His answer was the Trump administration is paying El Salvador ... to keep him at CECOT," the senator said.April 15The DOJ said in a court filing that if Ábrego García returns to the U.S., he' will be detained and removed from the country.He'll either be sent to a country that's not El Salvador, or the government will seek to "terminate" his "withholding of removal" status and send him back to El Salvador, the filing states.A federal judge later that day wouldn't rule out holding the government in contempt of court, per multiple reports.April 14El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said he can't return Ábrego García, to the U.S., nor will he release him within the country."How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to return him," Bukele said during a press conference with President Trump.April 13DOJ attorneys said in a court filing, "The federal courts have no authority to direct the executive branch to conduct foreign relations in a particular way, or engage with a foreign sovereign in a given manner."They added, "That is the 'exclusive power of the president as the sole organ of the federal government in the field of international relations."April 12Ábrego García's attorneys in a court filing highlighted Trump's comments a day earlier that he would "bring somebody back" if the Supreme Court directed it.They characterized this statement as an acknowledgment that the U.S. "has the power to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from prison and return" him.Despite Trump's acknowledgment, Ábrego García's attorneys argued, the DOJ "and other Government agencies continue to resist this Court and the Supreme Court."April 11Xinis demanded the government provide daily updates in Ábrego García's case.The judge said this should include sharing information on Ábrego García's location plus steps it has already taken to return him to the U.S. and steps it will take moving forward.April 10The Supreme Court ruled in an unsigned order with no dissenting votes that the Trump administration must take steps to "facilitate" Ábrego García's release from custody.The high court said the government must ensure his case is "handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador."April 7The Supreme Court temporarily paused Xinis' midnight deadline to return Ábrego García to the U.S. while the justices weighed the case.The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier the same day refused to block Xinis' order.April 4Xinis ordered the Trump administration to return Ábrego García from an El Salvador prison to the U.S. by midnight on April 7.March 31The DOJ admitted in court papers that the Salvadorian national living in Maryland legally was wrongly deported.March 15Although "ICE was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador, Ábrego García was removed to El Salvador because of an administrative error," DOJ attorneys said in a filing.March 12Ábrego García was stopped by immigration agents who wrongly told him that his status had changed, court documents show.He had "withholding from removal" status, which means he was allowed to stay in the U.S. because of the likelihood that he'd face harm in El Salvador.Ábrego García was questioned about gang affiliation and transferred to a Texas detention center.More from Axios:Releasing wrongly deported man "preposterous," El Salvador's president saysJudge demands daily updates on return of wrongfully deported Maryland manSupreme Court: Trump admin must "facilitate" return of deported Maryland manEditor's note: This piece has been updated with the latest news.

Data: Axios research; Chart: Axios VisualsThe fate of a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador remains in flux amid a legal battle between the government and the courts.The big picture: In a test of the powers of the executive and judicial branches, the Trump administration has so far refused to comply with a Supreme Court order requiring it to facilitate Kilmar Armando Ábrego García's return from a high-security prison for terrorists in El Salvador.Context: The government accused Ábrego García, a Salvadorian national legally living in Maryland, of being a member of MS-13, even though he has not been charged with any gang-related crimes.

He was detained by immigration officials and mistakenly deported, despite a court order that he remain in the U.S. due to a likelihood of harm in El Salvador.

Department of Justice attorneys previously conceded that he was removed to El Salvador because of an "administrative error."April 23U.S.

District Judge Paula Xinis postponed the discovery process until 5pm on April 30 after the Trump administration filed a sealed motion following her order a day earlier to respond to all outstanding discovery requests and evidence for claims of privilege.Ábrego García's legal team filed a sealed response. Both parties agreed to the postponement.

April 18Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Ábrego García was moved from the country's notorious Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison to a detention center in Santa Ana, El Salvador.

April 17Hours after Van Hollen was denied entry to CECOT for a second time, the senator was able to meet with Ábrego García, his Maryland constituent.A federal appeals court earlier that day rejected a Trump administration request to block a lower court's order requiring his return.April 16El Salvador's government denied a request from Van Hollen to see or speak to Ábrego García, the senator said during a visit to the country.

Van Hollen said he asked El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa why his constituent is being held if U.S. courts and El Salvador's government had found no evidence that Ábrego García is a member of the MS-13 gang.

"His answer was the Trump administration is paying El Salvador ...

to keep him at CECOT," the senator said.April 15The DOJ said in a court filing that if Ábrego García returns to the U.S.

, he' will be detained and removed from the country.He'll either be sent to a country that's not El Salvador, or the government will seek to "terminate" his "withholding of removal" status and send him back to El Salvador, the filing states.A federal judge later that day wouldn't rule out holding the government in contempt of court, per multiple reports.

April 14El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said he can't return Ábrego García, to the U.S., nor will he release him within the country.

"How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don't have the power to return him," Bukele said during a press conference with President Trump.April 13DOJ attorneys said in a court filing, "The federal courts have no authority to direct the executive branch to conduct foreign relations in a particular way, or engage with a foreign sovereign in a given manner."They added, "That is the 'exclusive power of the president as the sole organ of the federal government in the field of international relations.

"April 12Ábrego García's attorneys in a court filing highlighted Trump's comments a day earlier that he would "bring somebody back" if the Supreme Court directed it.They characterized this statement as an acknowledgment that the U.S.

"has the power to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from prison and return" him.Despite Trump's acknowledgment, Ábrego García's attorneys argued, the DOJ "and other Government agencies continue to resist this Court and the Supreme Court."April 11Xinis demanded the government provide daily updates in Ábrego García's case.

The judge said this should include sharing information on Ábrego García's location plus steps it has already taken to return him to the U.S. and steps it will take moving forward.

April 10The Supreme Court ruled in an unsigned order with no dissenting votes that the Trump administration must take steps to "facilitate" Ábrego García's release from custody.The high court said the government must ensure his case is "handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador."April 7The Supreme Court temporarily paused Xinis' midnight deadline to return Ábrego García to the U.

S. while the justices weighed the case.The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier the same day refused to block Xinis' order.

April 4Xinis ordered the Trump administration to return Ábrego García from an El Salvador prison to the U.S. by midnight on April 7.

March 31The DOJ admitted in court papers that the Salvadorian national living in Maryland legally was wrongly deported.March 15Although "ICE was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador, Ábrego García was removed to El Salvador because of an administrative error," DOJ attorneys said in a filing.March 12Ábrego García was stopped by immigration agents who wrongly told him that his status had changed, court documents show.

He had "withholding from removal" status, which means he was allowed to stay in the U.S. because of the likelihood that he'd face harm in El Salvador.

Ábrego García was questioned about gang affiliation and transferred to a Texas detention center.More from Axios:Releasing wrongly deported man "preposterous," El Salvador's president saysJudge demands daily updates on return of wrongfully deported Maryland manSupreme Court: Trump admin must "facilitate" return of deported Maryland manEditor's note: This piece has been updated with the latest news..