Trump administration gives major update on father who was accidentally deported to 'world's worst prison' due to 'error'

The Trump administration have provided an update on the whereabouts of a Maryland father who was deported to El Salvador's notorious mega prison by mistake.

Trump's second term as president has seen a mass amount of deportations as his administration aims to crack down on illegal immigration into the US.

So far, over 250 alleged criminals have been deported to a mega jail in El Salvador, The Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT), as Trump's plan to enact mass deportations using a law from World War II is seemingly in full swing following the Supreme Court's approval of its use - something which pleased the president.

However, one man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was one of those who was sent to CECOT, even though he wasn't supposed to be there.

Garcia, who received legal protection from deportation in 2019, was accidentally deported to El Salvador, with the Trump administration noting his deportation was due to an 'administrative error'.

Donald Trump has issued a huge crackdown on illegal immigration into the US (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Abrego Garcia’s attorneys said that he had fled gang violence from El Salvador over ten years ago, but an 'error' on the government's part led to him being arrested by ICE in mid-March 'due to his prominent role in MS-13', which his attorneys denied.

While the Trump administration acknowledged this mistake, they have seemingly resisted helping bring back the Salvadoran national to the US.

But on Thursday (April 10), the Supreme Court stepped in to back up a district’s court order to ‘facilitate and effectuate’ Abrego Garcia's return to the US.

The Court made a 9-0 ruling which declined to block the lower court's order to the administration, which will now mean that Abrego Garcia will need to be released from custody in El Salvador and ‘to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent’.

Following that verdict, a representative from the Trump administration issued an update on Abrego Garcia's whereabouts.

State Department official Michael Kozakv told a judge (via the BBC): "It is my understanding, based on official reporting from our Embassy in San Salvador, that Abrego Garcia is being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador."

"He is alive and secure in that facility," the official added.

The Center for Terrorism Confinement in El Salvador is one of the largest prisons in the Americas (Handout/Presidencia El Salvador via Getty Images)

BBC News further reports that President Trump is set to sit down with the president of El Salvador on Monday (April 14) to discuss the ongoing issue.

Trump also told reporters that he 'respects the Supreme Court', adding if they asked him to 'bring someone back, I would do that'.

Following the Supreme Court ruling, the case is set for the trial court as the justices did not provide the administration a deadline for when Abrego Garcia should be freed.

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