Trump issues scathing statement about father who was deported to ‘world’s worst prison’ due to ‘admin error’

Donald Trump has made strong comments about a man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a dangerous prison in El Salvador. The man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, had been living in Maryland but was suddenly detained and sent back to El Salvador in March of this year. The Trump administration admitted that this happened because of an administrative mistake.

Garcia entered the U.S. around 2011 without legal permission. However, in 2019, a judge ruled that he shouldn’t be deported because he was under threat from a gang in his home country. Despite that decision, he was picked up by immigration officers and deported anyway. Officials claim he was arrested while with known gang members, and that he is part of the violent MS-13 gang, though immigrant advocacy groups like CASA argue he’s never been convicted of any crime in either the U.S. or El Salvador.

Trump, now serving again as President, posted a fiery message on his Truth Social platform. He accused Democrats and the media of spreading lies about Garcia, trying to paint him as innocent. Trump claimed that two separate courts confirmed Garcia is involved with MS-13 and stressed that he was in the U.S. illegally and already had a deportation order against him.

In his post, Trump said it’s “unAmerican” for liberals and the media to protect criminals instead of focusing on public safety. He said people who mislead the public in defense of violent criminals need to be held accountable. He ended his message with his usual slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

A Supreme Court had previously ordered Trump’s administration to fix the deportation mistake and help bring Garcia back. That decision sparked talks between Trump and El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele. However, President Bukele pushed back strongly when asked about the return of Garcia, saying it was not his job to send someone back who was considered a criminal and potentially dangerous.

Bukele firmly said he wouldn’t “smuggle a terrorist” into the U.S. and defended his country’s recent progress in reducing crime. He argued that letting people like Garcia go free again would risk taking El Salvador back to its violent past—a move he’s unwilling to make.