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.

Florida and Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, told USA TODAY in a phone interview they were briefed by the U.S. embassy in El Salvador on April 21 about Abrego Garcia's case.

House Democrats who traveled to El Salvador to seek the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia are demanding “daily proof of life" after being denied a meeting with him.