White House defends deportation error of Maryland man, says he is still MS-13 gang member

The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that a Maryland man was mistakenly deported to El Salvador due to "an administrative error."

A lawsuit states Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national granted protection status by an immigration judge in 2019, was stopped by ICE officers on March 12 and told his immigration status had changed.

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