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Thu Apr 17, 2025, 08:25 PM Thursday

Maryland delegates demand proof mistakenly deported father is alive

The delegates called his deportation a "state sponsored kidnapping" in a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Author: Sophie Rosenthal, Lionel Donovan
Published: 12:34 PM EDT April 17, 2025
Updated: 6:29 PM EDT April 17, 2025

WASHINGTON — Nineteen of the 23 members of Prince George’s County House delegation signed a letter Thursday morning, demanding that the Trump administration show that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still alive. It's been 36 days since his wife says she last heard from him.

The Prince George's County father of three was arrested without a warrant in front of his 5-year-old son in March and deported to the notorious El Salvador prison camp CECOT — despite being legally protected by a court order against deportation. A Trump administration official admitted that Abrego Garcia should never have been on the plane, that he only was there due to "administrative error" ...

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/dmv-immigration/maryland-delegates-demand-proof-of-life-kilmar-abrego-garcia-mistakenly-deported/65-64bb221f-9f01-4df6-81d1-bb3d3c7652e3

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