Maryland Father “Mistakenly” Deported To El Salvador Was Allegedly MS13 Gang Member

The news media has been busy with a story about a Maryland father who was “mistakenly” deported to a notorious El Salvador prison. The reality is that although there was a 2019 “do not deport” order from an immigration judge, the deportation was proper and fell in line with the Trump administration’s plan of targeting criminals for deportation. The man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is an alleged MS-13 gang member with a criminal background. He was in the country illegally from El Salvador. He has been in the system for quite a while, at least since 2019.

The judge placed the “do not deport” tag on Garcia because there were fears of gang retaliation in El Salvador. Although he never became a citizen, that tag gave him some sort of legal status. He was married to a United States citizen and the child they had together was a US citizen, but he is not.

Kyle Cheney, a “legal affairs reporter” is apparently unable or unwilling to look at the facts here.

In 2019, an Immigration Judge (under the first Trump administration) determined that the deported man was, in fact, a member of the MS-13 gang. He also apparently had multiple… https://t.co/tEFd4AUqGY pic.twitter.com/i70r4leqkw

— JD Vance (@JDVance) April 1, 2025

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Salvadoran illegal was deported because ICE and DHS has “a lot of evidence” that he was in fact an MS-13 gang member and human trafficker:

“The administration maintains the position that this individual that was deported to… pic.twitter.com/nYoV0GbuQW

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 1, 2025