Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order his release, the Trump administration said in a court filing.
A judge on Friday ordered the government to facilitate the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported in error to El Salvador.
A Maryland man with protected legal status was sent to the notorious prison in El Salvador following an "administrative error," according to an ICE declaration Monday.
Top ICE official calls removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on deportation flight that sent him to a supermax prison in El Salvador an "administrative error."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had protected legal status in the US, was deported last month to an El Salvadoran prison.
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DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni was placed on administrative leave after struggling to justify the Trump administration’s deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. Reuveni admitted frustration over missing information during a court hearing.
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The Trump administration conceded in a court filing Wednesday that it had deported a Maryland father to the notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador as a result of an "administrative error,
The family of a Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador has sued the Trump administration to bring him back to the U.S.
The Trump administration said ICE “was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador,” but still deported Abrego Garcia.