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Deported ‘MS-13 gangster’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia has gained the support of many liberals and Democrats across the United States. Reports emerged claiming he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador along with over 200 other hardened criminals.
However, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shattered the hopes of his supporters, stating unequivocally that even if Abrego Garcia were to return to the US, he would be promptly sent back to his home country.
‘He is an El Salvador citizen,’ she told CBS. ‘He is home there in his country.
‘If he were to be brought back to the United States of America, we would immediately deport him again.’
The Trump administration initially acknowledged its error in deporting Abrego Garcia, a father of three from Maryland who had been living in the US for over ten years. A judge involved in immigration cases had previously determined that it would be unsafe for him to be sent back.
But since then it has doubled down on its initial position that he has ties to MS-13 dating back to at least 2019, when a court document stated he’d been identified by a ‘past and proven reliable source’ as an ‘active member’ of the gang.
Beyond that, Noem and the administration argue that given he is now in his home country, he is ‘not under our control.’
In response to an order from US District Judge Paula Xinis demanding the government facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, Noem said: ‘This individual is not under the United States of America’s jurisdiction and he is not one of our citizens.
Deported ‘MS-13 gangster’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia has won the sympathy of liberals and Democrats around America after shock claims he was wrongfully sent to El Salvador alongside more than 200 hardened criminals
He was among 238 suspected gang members sent to the hellish CECOT prison in El Salvador
‘He is home in his home country. And that’s up to that country to decide what to do.’
Xinis accused the administration of making ‘no meaningful effort to comply’ with her orders on the case, which included asking for more information about the allegations.
‘President Trump and his administration has adhered to the court and respects the court and its decisions,’ Noem said.
On Wednesday night, Trump repeatedly maintained in an interview with ABC’s Terry Moran that Abrego Garcia had M-S-1-3 tattooed on his hand.
Trump had posted multiple times showing knuckle tattoos, but Moran told him the actual M-S-1-3 letters and numbers had simply been photoshopped onto the image above Abrego Garcia’s actual tattoos as a code to decipher them.
‘Terry. Do you want me to show the picture?’ Trump asks. ‘He’s got MS-13 on his knuckles, okay?’
Moran responds that he saw the picture, claims to ‘agree to disagree again’ before Trump asks if he thinks it was photoshop.
‘He did have tattoos that can be interpreted that way. I’m not an expert on them,’ Moran said, speaking of the actual tattoos on Garcia’s knuckles.
Moran cited a photo Trump had posted multiple times showing knuckle tattoos on Garcia – who remains imprisoned in his native El Salvador. Moran said the actual MS13 was superimposed on the picture to decipher what his actual tattoos meant
Trump refuses, insisting: ‘He had MS as clear as you can be. Not ”interpreted.” This is why people no longer believe the news, because it’s fake news.’
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has maintained he does not ‘have the power’ to send Abrego Garcia back to the United States.
Abrego Garcia was granted ‘withholding of removal’ status in 2019 after a judge determined his claims that he would be persecuted if her returned to El Salvador were legitimate.
While Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have insisted he has never been convicted of a crime and has no criminal record, in May 2021 his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura got a restraining order against him and claimed he repeatedly beat her.
She wrote in one document: ‘At this point, I am afraid to be close to him. I have multiple photos/videos of how violent he can be and all the bruises he (has) left me’.
In a statement released after the allegations were made public, Vasquez said she had sought the restraining order ‘out of caution’ because of her previous experience with domestic violence.
She said: ‘Things did not escalate, and I decided not to follow through with the civil court process. We were able to work through this situation privately as a family, including by going to counseling. Our marriage only grew stronger in the years that followed.’
In 2022, he was suspected of human trafficking after police conducting a traffic stop found eight men in the back of his car.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivered a hard truth to his fans on Wednesday: even if Abrego Garcia was brought back to the United States, she’d turn him around and send him straight home
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has also maintained he does not ‘have the power’ to send Abrego Garcia back to the United States, despite the efforts of Democrats like Senator Chris Van Hollen (pictured together) and orders from judges
The Trump administration initially accepted it had made a mistake in deporting Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father-of-three who arrived in the US more than a decade ago. An immigration judge previously ruled it would be unsafe for him to return
He claimed they were construction workers he was driving interstate for his boss, but none of the men had luggage with them and they all listed Abrego Garcia’s home address as their own.
Ultimately, he was not arrested and was allowed to continue on his journey.
Abrego Garcia’s current deportation saga began when he was pulled over by immigration officers on March 12, 2025 and was told his immigration status had changed.
Within days he was on a plane to El Salvador and his family recognized him in CECOT from media images which showed off distinctive tattoos on his arm.
