White House doubles down on man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador ‘never returning’ to US - The Trump administration has also hit out at a Democratic senator trying to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.

In 2019, a U.S. immigration judge shielded Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from deportation to El Salvador as he would likely have faced persecution by local gangs.

The story of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father of three and a protected resident who was deported and imprisoned in El Salvador while accused of being a gang member, has taken center stage amid an ongoing immigration debate.