Demand Justice: Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Home
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — a father, a legally protected Maryland resident and a SMART Local 100 sheet metal apprentice — was wrongfully deported to El Salvador on March 15, 2025. Despite a 2019 court order preventing his deportation due to gang-related safety concerns, the Trump administration sent him to a notorious Salvadoran prison known for its inhumane conditions.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the deportation was illegal and instructed the Trump administration to facilitate his return. However, the White House has repeatedly failed to comply, citing jurisdictional limitations and continuing to label Abrego Garcia, without evidence, as a gang member.
This White House defiance undermines the rule of law and threatens the rights of all American citizens. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen’s recent visit to El Salvador highlighted the dire situation, yet Abrego Garcia remains imprisoned without due process.
We call on all members of Congress to demand that the White House comply with court orders and take immediate action to facilitate bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States. He deserves family reunification and due process.
Please use the form on this page to send a message to your members of Congress. This is not just a legal issue — it’s a moral imperative. Stand with Kilmar. Stand for justice.
WATCH VIDEO FROM THE 4/4/25 CASA OF MARYLAND PRESS CONFERENCE
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND
On March 31, 2025, the Trump administration conceded in a court filing that it had mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia, a legally protected Maryland resident and father, to El Salvador because of an “administrative error.” The administration also claims that because Abrego Garcia is now in Salvadoran custody, the U.S government cannot return him to the United States.
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his family, including a 5-year old autistic son. He came to the United States as a teenager 15 years ago. According to his attorneys, he does not have a criminal record, was legally authorized to live and work in the United States and had fully complied with his responsibilities under the law.
“My husband Kilmar was abducted by the U.S. government,” his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura said at an April 4 press conference in Maryland. “In a blink of an eye, our three children lost their father. And I lost the love of my life. Our entire family is broken.”
"My husband Kilmar was abducted by the U.S. government. In a blink of an eye, our three children lost their father. And I lost the love of my life. Our entire family is broken."- Jennifer Vasquez Sura
Shortly after the press conference, a U.S. District Judge in Maryland called Abrego Garcia’s deportation unlawful and issued an order that he be returned to the United States. On Monday, the Supreme Court granted a request by the Trump administration to temporarily block the lower court order requiring that Abrego Garcia be returned.
“ICE called it an ‘administrative error.’ But let’s be clear: There is nothing administrative about destroying a family,” said Lydia Walther Rodriguez, chief of organizing and leadership for CASA of Maryland. “There is nothing accidental about violating a clear court order. There is nothing just about disappearing somebody into a notorious Salvadorian prison.”
SMART General President Michael Coleman, who also spoke at the Friday press conference, said the so-called “administrative error” had thrown the family “into fear, into heartbreak, and quite honestly, into jeopardy.”
“We are here with you,” added Coleman. “We will stay with you. We will organize. We will rally. And we will fight until justice is served and Kilmar comes home.”