Members of immigrant advocacy group CASA in Maryland have been holding their breath for more than a month as they wait for updates from the government on the fate of a Salvadoran man the Trump administration wrongly deported.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a father of three and member of the grassroots organization, was removed to El Salvador last month despite a 2019 court order protecting him from deportation to the Central American country because of the threat of gang violence. The Supreme Court last week largely upheld a lower-court ruling that mandated the Trump administration "facilitate" his return to the United States, but federal officials have since taken a hands-off approach to complying with it — if they've even complied at all. That resistance prompted U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., to travel to El Salvador earlier this week to advocate for Abrego Garcia's return, an effort that culminated in their successful meeting Thursday.
