
A day after a federal courtroom sought particulars on the standing of a Maryland man who was deported in error to El Salvador, the State Division informed a decide that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is “alive and safe” however nonetheless not on American soil.

This undated picture supplied by CASA, an immigrant advocacy group, in April 2025, reveals Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
CASA by way of AP
“It’s my understanding based mostly on official reporting from our Embassy in San Salvador that Abrego Garcia is at the moment being held within the Terrorism Confinement Middle in El Salvador,” mentioned Michael Kozak, a senior bureau official for the State Division, in a declaration submitted on Saturday minutes after the 5 p.m. deadline set by the decide.
“He’s alive and safe in that facility,” Kozak added. “He’s detained pursuant to the sovereign, home authority of El Salvador.”
The Supreme Court docket had ordered the the U.S. authorities “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to America.
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