Biden administration flagged deported El Salvadoran as illegal alien suspected of ‘human smuggling'
Immigration,Biden Administration,Justice Department,DHS,Trump Administration,The Americas,El Salvador,Venezuela
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The deported El Salvadoran man at the center of an intense court battle was flagged in 2022 by the Biden administration as a "suspect alien" who was possibly involved in “human smuggling/trafficking” after a traffic stop hundreds of miles from his Maryland home, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents reviewed by Just the News.
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