India, April 17 -- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Donald Trump administration, has a 'history of violence' and is not the 'upstanding Maryland man the media says', the Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday. This comes as President Donald Trump and his officials are facing severe scrutiny about the Maryland resident's deportation in March. Garcia is currently in prison.

Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, who was in El Salvador to meet with senior officials and secure Albrego Garcia's release, confirmed that authorities had denied him access to the deported American. Meanwhile, a federal judge said that he has found probable cause to hold Trump's administration in criminal contempt of ...