An “administrative error” that led to a Maryland man being deported to a brutal prison in El Salvador as part of Donald Trump’s immigration policy has thrust Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia into the national spotlight.

Every Department of Justice attorney is required to zealously advocate on behalf of the United States,’ Pam Bondi says

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.

His legal presence in the US was based on a protection known as “withholding of removal,” which was granted by an immigration judge in 2019. That status is awarded when a judge determines that deporting someone would expose them to persecution or torture in their home country.

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 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.

A U.S. judge has ordered the government to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father wrongly deported to El Salvador. The court found his removal violated legal protections against deportation to that country.

HYATTSVILLE, Md. -- A federal judge is hearing arguments Friday in the case of a Maryland man with protected legal status who was sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador following an ...