Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported to El Salvador as part of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that sent alleged gang members to El Salvador despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation due to fear of persecution. The administration accused him of being a member of MS-13, which made him ineligible to return to the U.S., even though his attorneys denied this affiliation.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains imprisoned in the notorious CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador despite a Supreme Court order calling for his return to the United States. He has not been charged or convicted of any crime in either country.

House Democrats, including Representatives Ansari, Garcia, Frost, and Dexter, have demanded 'daily proof of life' for Kilmar Abrego Garcia and called for the Trump administration to comply with the Supreme Court order to reverse his wrongful deportation and facilitate his safe return to the U.S.

The Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has denied requests to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States, contributing to tensions between the U.S. and El Salvador regarding immigration policy and foreign aid relations.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia immigrated illegally to the United States in 2011 to escape gang threats in El Salvador. He was living in Maryland with his U.S. citizen wife and three children at the time of deportation. He had been granted withholding of removal status in 2019 due to danger from gang violence in El Salvador and was complying with ICE check-ins.