Kilmar Arbrego Garcia, a legal resident of the United States originally from El Salvador, was accidentally deported back to his home country due to an administrative error by the government. He was placed in a notorious mega-jail called the “Terrorist Confinement Center” and is now stuck there in legal limbo. Garcia lives with his wife and autistic, intellectually disabled child in Maryland, and his deportation was carried out despite a court order protecting him from being sent back to El Salvador.
Garcia, who left El Salvador to escape gang violence, has no criminal convictions in the U.S. or in El Salvador. His lawyers deny government claims that he is an active member of the criminal gang MS-13. Despite his legal team’s efforts to secure his return to the U.S., the government has stated that the U.S. courts do not have jurisdiction to seek his release.
Garcia’s wife learned of his detention after spotting him in a news article showing detainees with shaved heads, wearing white overalls. The lawsuit filed by Garcia, his wife, and their legal team accuses the Department of Homeland Security and ICE of deciding to deport him without following the law, knowing that El Salvador tortures individuals detained in the CECOT mega-jail.
Reports from human rights organizations have highlighted the dangers and abuses present in Salvadoran prisons, including extreme crowding, torture, and deaths. The case is set to be heard by a judge in Greenbelt, Maryland, and has drawn public attention to the controversial practices surrounding immigration and deportation in the United States.
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