The U.S. government deported an El Salvadoran illegal immigrant to El Salvador despite him having protection against removal, according to new court filings.
Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia, who was arrested on March 12 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations “due to his prominent role” in the notorious MS-13 transnational gang, was deported on March 15 to his home country, Robert Cerna II, an acting field office director for ICE, said on March 31 in one of the documents.
Abrego-Garcia was deported after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation declaring another gang, Tren de Aragua, had invaded the United States. The proclamation directed immigration officials to deport members of the gang….