President Donald Trump’s Justice Department again asserted the state secrets privilege to withhold information in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation case, according to multiple reports.

Abrego Garcia, an illegal migrant, was deported to El Salvador because the administration maintained he’s a member of the MS-13 gang. Democrats and Trump critics have demanded his return to the U.S.

Although administration officials have admitted that a paperwork error was committed while processing Abrego Garcia’s deportation, they have said his return to the U.S. simply would result in another deportation.

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