1. United States
2. Mo.
3. Letter

The mistaken deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father with protected legal status, to a notorious El Salvador prison is a grave injustice that demands immediate attention and rectification. Despite an immigration judge's ruling in 2019 preventing his deportation due to the high likelihood of persecution by gangs, ICE officials erroneously deported him in a shocking "administrative error." This egregious mistake has torn apart a family and placed an innocent man's life at risk in the deplorable conditions of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, renowned for rampant abuses against inmates. Abrego Garcia fled gang violence as a teenager and has established himself as a hardworking member of the Baltimore community, yet he now faces potential retaliation from the very gangs he escaped. While the Trump administration acknowledges this horrific blunder, their attempts to justify keeping Abrego Garcia in custody based on unsubstantiated gang allegations are unacceptable. He has no criminal record, and the government has provided zero evidence to support these unfounded claims of gang ties. Deporting legal residents without due process is a violation of civil liberties and the principles this nation was founded upon. I urge you to take immediate action to secure the safe return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States and his family. Hold ICE accountable for this injustice and institute stronger protections to prevent such egregious errors from occurring again. Legal residents must not live in fear of being torn from their lives and deported to potentially deadly situations without justification. Restore this family's faith in the system by taking swift corrective measures.