ICE Admits Accidentally Deporting Man To El Salvador

The Independent reports:

The Trump administration accidentally sent a Salvadorian immigrant to a notorious Salvadorian prison and says it can’t do anything to get him back. That’s even though the man had protected immigration status in the U.S., specifically barring him from being sent back to that country for fear of persecution.

On Monday, in a filing in Maryland federal court, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) admitted to mistakenly sending Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador’s notoriously brutal CECOT prison.

“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 government wrote.

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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has acknowledged that it grabbed a Maryland father with protected status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador—but claims that courts are powerless to order his return, @NickMiroff reports: https://t.co/GLR1VzwGzE

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 1, 2025

The Trump Administration admitted in court filings that it made “an administrative error” when it deported a protected status holder—the father and husband of U.S. citizens—to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

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— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) April 1, 2025