TEXAS — The deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the United States to El Salvador continues to receive national and international attention.

The Salvadorian native was under protective court order by an immigration judge who ruled Garcia could not be removed from the U.S. because of credible fear of persecution.

Regardless, the Department of Homeland Security, operating under White House policies, placed Garcia on a plane with other migrants to El Salvador. Approximately 238 migrants, many with no criminal history or proven ties to gangs, are now housed at the notorious maximum-security prison, CECOT. Despite a Supreme Court order, Garcias’ return has not been facilitated.

Abrego Garcia remains imprisoned in El Salvador.

“This is not the first the first wrongful deportation the United States has conducted,” said Andrea Flores, vice president of Immigration Policy & Campaigns for FWD.us.

Almost daily, more reports surface that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are removing immigrants who have lawful permission to be in the U.S.

“This administration is not doing the job right,” said Kenneth Salazar with the law office of Maria Linda Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas.

Salazar says their law offices have a client who faces wrongful deportation.

“There are innocent people going to El Salvador. There are innocent people going to Guantanamo. We don’t even know if U.S. citizens could be next,” Salazar said.

Honduran migrant Jose David Banegas had limited immigration permission to be in the U.S. after he was released by immigration authorities. Banegas crossed between ports of entry in Hidalgo County, Texas, in December 2023.

Banegas attended three court appointments. Following Banegas’ last court appearance in February, ICE agents arrested him after the hearing. Banegas walked out of the courtroom with a new appointment scheduled for November later this year. Banegas has no criminal history in the U.S. or Honduras.

“Everybody has the right to have court, to see a judge, able to show proof reason why you cannot be returned to your country,” Salazar said.

Banegas has an expedited court hearing on May 8. Legal representatives believe Banegas will be removed without due process.