Even Department of Homeland Security officials admitted in an earlier court filing that Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador last month because of an “administrative error.” Despite that, the Justice Department has argued that it cannot bring Abrego Garcia back to the United States.

President Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war, which he says exists in the form of a gang 'invasion.'

Seventeen alleged Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members deported from the US were flown in shackles to an El Salvadoran tarmac Sunday night, where they were met by heavily armed Salvadoran troops.