ICE Faces Lawsuit Over “Administrative Error” Deportation of Maryland Man to El Salvador’s Notorious CECOT Prison

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency finds itself at the center of a legal firestorm as attorneys for Kilmar Armado Abrego-Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran man with protected legal status, file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, demanding his return from El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison. ICE admits in a court filing on April 1, 2025, that Abrego-Garcia’s deportation on March 15, 2025, is an “administrative error,” despite a 2019 immigration judge’s ruling granting him “withholding of removal” status, which prohibits his deportation to. . .