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Wife of wrongly deported Salvadoran man vows to fight for his release

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<p>The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported by the U.S. Trump administration, vowed on Wednesday (April 9) to fight for the release of her husband.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/5/judge-orders-return-to-us-of-salvadoran-man-deported-in-error-0936">Judge orders return to US of Salvadoran man deported in error</a></div><div><br/></div><p>Jennifer Vasquez Sura held back tears while she slammed the government for what she said was and abduction and kidnapping of her husband.</p><p>The Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat and Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Vasquez Sura during the press conference in Washington, D.C.</p><p>On Monday (April 7) the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted a judge&#x27;s order requiring President Donald Trump&#x27;s administration to return by the end of the day a Salvadoran man who the government has acknowledged was deported in error to El Salvador.</p><p>The Justice Department in a Supreme Court filing on Monday stated that while Abrego Garcia was removed to El Salvador through &quot;administrative error,&quot; his actual removal from the United States &quot;was not error.&quot; The error, department lawyers wrote, was in removing him specifically to El Salvador despite a deportation protection order he received in 2019.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/4/1/us-admits-deportation-error-in-sending-man-to-el-salvador-prison-0201">US admits deportation &#x27;error&#x27; in sending man to El Salvador prison</a></div><p>Justice Department lawyers said that Abrego Garcia, as an alleged member of the criminal gang MS-13, is no longer eligible for that protection. Trump&#x27;s administration has designated MS-13 a foreign terrorist organization.</p><p>There are no pending charges against Abrego Garcia, who is married to an American citizen with whom he is raising a U.S. citizen child, in addition to his wife&#x27;s two children from a prior relationship. Abrego Garcia&#x27;s lawyers have denied the allegation that he is part of a gang.</p><p>Abrego Garcia received a 2019 judgment in the United States granting him protection from deportation to El Salvador after an immigration judge determined he would face persecution from gangs in his home country if returned.</p><div><em>(Production: Gershon Peaks, Andrea Rodriguez)</em></div>

<p>The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported by the U.S. Trump administration, vowed on Wednesday (April 9) to fight for the release of her husband.</p>

The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported by the U.S. Trump administration, vowed on Wednesday (April 9) to fight for the release of her husband.

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Wife of wrongly deported Salvadoran man vows to fight for his release

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Published Apr 10, 2025 09:37 AM PHT

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