An “administrative error” that led to a Maryland man being deported to a brutal prison in El Salvador as part of Donald Trump’s immigration policy has thrust Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia into the national spotlight.

His legal presence in the US was based on a protection known as “withholding of removal,” which was granted by an immigration judge in 2019. That status is awarded when a judge determines that deporting someone would expose them to persecution or torture in their home country.

After the Trump administration 'mistakenly' deported her husband to El Salvador earlier this year, the wife of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has released a devastating statement. A national of the South American country, Abrego Garcia fled hostility at home over a decade ago, starting a new life in the United States.