Sent to El Salvador despite protected legal status

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3. ICE admits to an administrative error

ByLaura Romero
April 1, 2025, 12:53 AM

... Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia who has a U.S. citizen wife and 5-year-old child is currently at CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.

The filing is part of a new lawsuit filed by Abrego Garcia's attorneys who are requesting that the government of El Salvador return him to the U.S. after being sent there "because of an administrative error."

Abrego Garcia's attorneys said that he "is not a member of or has no affiliation with Tren de Aragua, MS-13, or any other criminal or street gang" and said that the U.S. government "has never produced an iota of evidence to support this unfounded accusation."

In response to the error, the government has acknowledged the error but said in a filing that because Abrego Garcia is no longer in U.S. custody, the court cannot order him to be returned to the U.S. nor can the court order El Salvador to return him ...

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ice-admits-administrative-error-after-maryland-man-el/story?id=120359991