Washington Examiner

The Trump administration ousted a Justice Department lawyer who conceded that it initially mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant and alleged MS-13 gang member whom the White House attempted to return to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.

Erez Reuveni, who argued the government’s case in Abrego Garcia’s deportation, has left the DOJ, according to court filings.

Abrego Garcia was granted a work permit under the Biden administration after entering the United States illegally. He married a U.S. citizen and lived in Maryland for years before being targeted by the Trump administration for removal this spring due to two court findings that he was a member of the notoriously violent Salvadoran gang MS-13.

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