Trump Officials Admit Error in Deporting Suspected MS-13 Man (1)

The Trump administration said it made an “administrative error” in deporting a suspected MS-13 gang member to an El Salvador prison despite an immigration judge’s order barring his removal to that nation.

But while admitting immigration officials made an error, Justice Department lawyers argued that Kilmer Armado Abrego Garcia should not be returned to the US because he’s a member of MS-13 and a danger to the community.

While aliens shouldn’t be “wrongfully removed,” the US has a “strong public interest in not importing members of violent transnational gangs into the country,” the lawyers wrote in a court filing Monday ...