Mistakenly deported man is alive and detained in El Salvador, Trump admin says

Earlier DU thread: Trump administration contends it has no duty to return illegally deported man to US

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Source: NBC News

Mistakenly deported man is alive and detained in El Salvador, Trump admin says

The filing is in an effort to comply with Judge Paula Xinis’ order Friday, which demanded the government provide a daily status report of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts.

April 12, 2025, 7:52 PM EDT
By Gary Grumbach and Rebecca Cohen

The Trump administration, in a filing posted to the docket several minutes after a 5 p.m. Saturday deadline, said a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is alive and remains detained there.

The late-in-the-day filing is in an effort to comply with Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’ order from Friday, which demanded the government provide a daily status report on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts and conditions, along with any efforts being taken to bring him back to the United States.

“It is my understanding based on official reporting from our Embassy in San Salvador that Abrego Garcia is currently being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador,” Michael G. Kozak, a senior bureau official in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the State Department, wrote in a two-page sworn declaration. “He is alive and secure in that facility. He is detained pursuant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador.”

In a separate filing also submitted Saturday evening, asking for additional relief, attorneys for Abrego Garcia used President Donald Trump’s words against him.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/mistakenly-deported-man-alive-detained-el-salvador-trump-admin-says-rcna201018

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Source: The Independent

Trump says fate of ICE deportees at notorious prison up to El Salvador president

DOJ confirms mistakenly deported Maryland dad is 'alive and secure' at notorious prison as Trump set to meet Salvadoran leader Monday

Oliver O'Connell
in New York
Sunday 13 April 2025 04:26 BST

The Trump administration stated on Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident mistakenly deported to El Salvador, is “alive and secure” at a terrorism confinement center there.

A U.S. judge demanded updates on the Trump administration's efforts to “facilitate” his return, per a Supreme Court ruling.

Just hours later on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said he was looking forward to meeting with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador on Monday at the White House.

Despite an earlier statement claiming he would bring Abrego Garcia back if instructed by the Supreme Court, Trump appeared to deflect, saying that those deported “are now in the sole custody of El Salvador ... their future is up to President B and his Government.”

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-el-salvador-kilmar-abrego-garcia-b2732328.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-fate-ice-deportees-032639392.html