Trump Administration Admits To Deportation Mistake

The filing comes from a lawsuit over the removal of Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego-Garcia.

For the first time, the Trump administration admitted that it made a mistake in it’s deportation operations.

It was revealed that the administration mistakenly deported a Maryland father to El Salvador “because of an administrative error.”

The filing comes from a lawsuit over the removal of Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego-Garcia. In 2019, he was granted protected status by an immigration judge, prohibiting the federal government from sending him to El Salvador.

Abrego-Garcia reportedly fled gang violence in El Salvador over a decade ago. He was arrested by ICE mid-March due to his prominent role in MS-13. However, he is not a member of nor has any ties with the gang and was not on the initial manifest related to the removal.

The administration admitted due to an error, he was removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador. The administration argued that it cannot bring him back because he is already in Salvadoran custody. Concerns that he could be tortured or killed in the prison were shot down.