"The first thing he did was change into a new set of clothes that his wife, Jennifer Vasquez, had bought for him. Then he was given some flowers and ushered into a small room where Vasquez, their three children, other relatives, and supporters were waiting. He picked up his youngest son as people chanted, " ¡Sí, se pudo! "-something like "Yes, we did!""
"The arrest occurred during the government's scramble to fly hundreds of people- mostly Venezuelans it claimed were members of the Tren de Aragua gang-to be incarcerated in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison, under the centuries-old Alien Enemies Act. (A federal appeals court in New Orleans has since ruled that President Donald Trump had improperly invoked the law.) Days later, Ábrego García, a Salvadoran native, was sent to CECOT on a plane with some of them."
A detained Salvadoran man, Kilmar Ábrego García, was briefly released to spend time with family before a scheduled ICE check-in and was celebrated by relatives and supporters. He had been arrested near his Maryland home on March 12 while his child was in the car. The government moved hundreds of people—mostly Venezuelans it alleged were Tren de Aragua members—onto flights to El Salvador's CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act. A federal appeals court later ruled the law had been improperly invoked. Lawyers filed a March 24 lawsuit, and courts determined that his deportation had been an error. His entanglement with ICE began in March 2019 after an arrest of day laborers; he has sought asylum and worked as a sheet-metal worker.
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