DOJ Releases Documents Showing Deported Migrant That Democrats Want to Bring Back Has MS-13 Ties

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US Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a press conference about MS-13 gang activity at the Broward County Sheriff's Office Research, Development and Training Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 4, 2025. (Photo by Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP) (Photo by EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images)

The Department of Justice (DOJ) released documents Wednesday which show the man Democrats have been defending for an accidental deportation to El Salvador is a member of the MS-13 gang. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s membership in the MS-13 gang.

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Garcia entered the US illegally in 2011 and was deported in March to El Salvador as a result of a clerical error. In court records, they argued Abrego Garcia could not “relitigate the finding that he is a danger to the community.”

The Daily Caller reports that the released DOJ documents indicate the following:

In a December 2019 decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed Abrego Garcia’s challenge to an immigration judge’s factual finding that he is “a verified member of MS-13.”

The board found the immigration judge “appropriately considered allegations of gang affiliation against the respondent in determining that he has not demonstrated that he is not a danger to property or persons.”

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Officers found Abrego Garcia loitering in a Home Depot parking lot on March 28, 2019, wearing “a Chicago Bulls hat and a hoodie with rolls of money covering the eyes, ears and mouth of the presidents on the separate denominations,” the initial Prince George’s County Police Department Gang Field Interview Sheet states.

“Wearing the Chicago Bulls hat represents that they are a member in good standing with the MS-13,” the document states. “Officers contacted a past proven and reliable source of information, who advised Kilmar Armando ABREGO-GARCIA is an active member of MS-13 with the Westerns clique. The confidential source further advised that he is the rank of ‘Chequeo’ with the moniker of ‘Chele.’”

A lower court ordered his return, but the Supreme Court required it to clarify the order and directed the administration to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release. The Department of Justice also noted Wednesday that it would appeal the amended order by Judge Paula Xinis issued which directed the government to “take all available steps to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the United States as soon as possible.”

During a Monday meeting with President Donald Trump, El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told President Donald Trump he would not “smuggle” a terrorist into the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also released court filings Wednesday showing Abrego Garcia’s wife requested a domestic violence restraining order against him.

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