White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has debunked a recent story by The Atlantic, which accused the Trump administration of mistakenly deporting a Maryland father with protected legal status. The article published on Monday suggested that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to El Salvador due to a clerical mistake.

However, Leavitt provided a detailed explanation during a recent press briefing that challenges this narrative. According to The White House, the individual deported was a notorious member of the MS-13 gang, a group recently designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by President Trump.

“The error that you are referring to was a clerical error. It was an administrative error. The administration maintains the position that this individual who was deported to El Salvador and will not be returning to our country was a member of the brutal and vicious MS-13 gang. That is fact number one,” Leavitt stated in a briefing.

“Fact number two, we also have credible intelligence proving that this individual was involved in human trafficking.” The administration’s position is clear that any erroneous reporting that labels the deportation as a mistake overlooks critical intelligence gathered on Garcia’s activities.

Leavitt clarified, “Fact number three, this individual was a member, actually a leader, of the brutal MS-13 gang, which this President has designated as a foreign terrorist organization. Fact number four is that foreign terrorists do not have legal protections in the United States of America anymore, and it is within the President’s executive authority and power to deport these heinous individuals from American communities.”

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Leavitt emphasized the administration’s commitment to public safety and its mandate to remove dangerous elements from American communities, particularly in areas affected by MS-13 activities. “It is a promise he campaigned on. It is a promise he is keeping. And every single person in this room should be grateful for that considering especially MS-13 is very prevalent and prominent here in the District of Columbia, in Maryland, and in Virginia,” she added.

The Atlantic article detailed the plight of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, describing him as a father who was deported due to an “administrative error.” According to their report, despite his protected status, he ended up in a Salvadoran prison designed for terrorists, with U.S. courts reportedly having no jurisdiction over his return.

“The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up,” the outlet claimed.

The U.S. government filed a legal memo opposing a temporary restraining order sought by Garcia and his family, who claimed he was wrongly deported to El Salvador despite protection from removal. The government argued the court lacks jurisdiction since Garcia is no longer in U.S. custody and that the plaintiffs’ claims must be pursued through habeas corpus.

Garcia, who was removed from the U.S. earlier this month, is now being held at the CECOT prison in El Salvador—a facility known for housing the country’s most dangerous criminals and gang leaders.

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