Referencing 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Stearman noted, “For when they shall say peace and safety, then sudden destruction shall come upon them as travail upon a woman with child.” He emphasized that the ...

The government claims he’s a member of the MS-13 gang, which his wife and attorney deny, and deported him to El Salvador despite a judge’s 2019 order barring him from being sent there.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.

El Salvador is now the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world. It has also gone from being one of the world’s most dangerous places to having the same homicide rate as Canada.

This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison.