Immigration officers asked Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia if he was a gang member, and refused to believe him when he denied it, according to court papers.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has denied he was a member of a gang, and told an immigration judge about his family’s struggles with gangs in El Salvador.
In recent days, Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, and Dan Bongino, his deputy, have promised to bring change to what they have called a broken institution.
Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, during a hearing at the Capitol last month. Before ascending to his post, Mr. Patel repeatedly distorted the facts about the bureau’s investigation of Russian meddling into President Trump’s 2016 campaign.
The judge, James E. Boasberg, said he was likely to wait until next week to rule on whether the White House was in contempt of court for having ignored his order.
Judge James E. Boasberg said on Thursday that there was a “fair likelihood” that the Trump administration had violated his order to stop deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a wartime law.
The case has raised questions not only about how the man could have ended up on a plane to El Salvador, but also about why the administration has apparently not moved to correct its mistake.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was deported from the United States to El Salvador last month and is now being held at a notorious prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center, in the country.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order his release, the Trump administration said in a court filing.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Tucson, Ariz., this year. The Trump administration said ICE was aware that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was in the country legally.
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