Trump admin. mistakenly deports Maryland father to one of El Salvador's harshest prisons
An "administrative error" saw a Maryland father deported to an El Salvador prison known for human rights violations. By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS APRIL 3, 2025 18:49 Trump’s administration mistakenly deported a Maryland father to El Salvador “because of an administrative error” and now claims to be unable to return him from Salvadorian custody, according to a Monday court filing.Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadorian citizen, was granted protected status in 2019 by an immigration judge. The status was placed to prevent his deportation back to El Salvador.Garcia has lived in the US for a number of years with his wife and 5-year-old disabled son. He arrived illegally in 2011. “On March 15, although ICE was aware of his protection from removal to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia was removed to El Salvador because of an administrative error,” the Trump administration filing read.Garcia fled the country over a decade ago, citing gang violence - despite this, ICE arrested him in mid-M...