The White House admits a "clerical error" was to blame for mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia "was removed to El Salvador because of an administrative error," a Monday court filing said.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration erroneously deported a Salvadoran man as part of three high-profile deportation flights to El Salvador last month, after a judge's ruling prohibited the man's removal to his home country,

Despite the mistake, officials said Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia can't be brought back since he is no longer in U.S. custody.

The Trump administration has admitted to mistakenly deporting a Maryland father with protected legal status to El Salvador, where he is now being held at the "Terrorist Confinement Center." The administration is calling it an "administrative error" and claims there is nothing it can do,

The government has deported hundreds of migrants over alleged gang ties, but their families claim their loved ones are innocent and lack due process.

President Donald Trump 's administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison but is arguing against returning him to federal custody in the United States because of alleged gang ties.