Man deported to El Salvador 'alive and secure': Trump admin
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The Trump administration provided a Saturday wellness report for the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in their first daily update mandated by a court order.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the White House to document reports on the status of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Friday in an effort to determine if the administration is complying with her order to bring the deported man back to U.S. soil. He is currently being detained in the country’s maximum security CECOT prison.

“He is alive and secure in that facility. He is detained pursuant to the sovereign, domestic authority of El Salvador,” Michael Kozack, a senior bureau official at the State Department, wrote in a Saturday filing.

He said the information was based on official reporting from the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador.

Lawyers representing Abrego Garcia have proposed the federal government be held in contempt for prolonging efforts to have their client returned.

The Trump administration acknowledged that Abrego Garcia was removed in an “administrative error” but continues to argue the president cannot be forced to orchestrate his return since he is now in the hands of Salvadoran authorities. 

Despite their claim being submitted through a series of appeals, the Supreme Court upheld Xinis’ ruling declaring that U.S. officials must “facilitate” the Maryland man’s return. 

Abrego Garcia received a 2019 judgment from a United States immigration court granting him protection from removal to El Salvador citing threats of violence and persecution from gangs in his home country if returned.

While his legal battle plays out in court, Abrego Garcia’s attorneys submitted a proposed order Saturday requesting that Xinis direct the federal government to formally request their client’s release to U.S. custody through CECOT, prepare all paperwork required for his return, dispatch personnel to accompany Abrego Garcia during his travel and provide air transportation for Abrego Garcia to return to Maryland, because he “may not be in current possession of sufficient identification to board a commercial flight.”

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