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. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday said while the mainstream media has portrayed him as a hero, that's not the case. "The administration maintains the position that this individual, who was deported to El Salvador -- will not be returning to our country, was a member of the brutal and vicious MS-13 gang. That is fact number one," Leavitt told reporters during a news conference at the White House. Leavitt also said Trump is focused on eradicating MS-13 gang members from the U.S.
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