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Abrego Garcia’s attorneys have countered there is no evidence he
was in MS-13. The allegation is based on a confidential
informant’s claim in 2019 that Abrego Garcia was a member of a
chapter in New York, where he has never lived.
Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation, described by the White
House as an “administrative error," has outraged many and raised
concerns about expelling noncitizens who were granted permission
to be in the U.S.
The 29-year-old had a permit from the Department of Homeland
Security to legally work in the U.S., his attorney Simon
Sandoval-Moshenberg said. Abrego Garcia served as a sheet metal
apprentice and was pursuing his journeyman license.
Abrego Garcia fled El Salvador around 2011 because he and his
family were facing threats by local gangs. A U.S. immigration
judge granted him protection in 2019 from being deported back to
El Salvador because he was likely to face gang persecution.
Abrego Garcia was released by the immigration judge, while
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement did not appeal the decision
or try to deport him to another country.
Abrego Garcia later married Vasquez Sura, who is a U.S. citizen,
and the couple are parents to their son and her two children
from a previous relationship.
A morning rally is scheduled on his behalf in Hyattsville,
Maryland, and will include his wife. The afternoon court hearing
is set for U.S. District Court in Greenbelt outside of
Washington, D.C.
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