The government claims he’s a member of the MS-13 gang, which his wife and attorney deny, and deported him to El Salvador despite a judge’s 2019 order barring him from being sent there.

Abrego Garcia, who reportedly fled political persecution from El Salvador and was deported last month by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement following an "administrative error," remains in the CECOT prison despite court orders requesting the U.S. government "facilitate" bringing him back to the United States.