Statement·other·said 2025-04-02
“Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man deported to El Salvador, "was a convicted MS-13 gang member."”
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Falseby PolitiFact
2025-04-02Reasoning
Abrego Garcia was never charged with or convicted of being an MS-13 gang member; the government later acknowledged his deportation was an administrative error.
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