Garcia said he and three other members of Congress decided to travel to El Salvador to demand Abrego Garcia's return after they were denied an official congressional trip by House Republicans.

While Trump administration officials have acknowledged the deportation decision was done in error, they have said they have no power to return him to the country despite a Supreme Court ruling calling on the government to do so.

Mayor Adams on Tuesday echoed Trump administration talking points on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident whose accidental deportation to El Salvador has become a major flashpoint in the