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... "I attended his bond hearing and was shocked when the government said he should stay detained because Kilmar is an MS-13 gang member. Kilmar is not and has never been a gang member. I'm certain of that," his wife wrote.

Abrego Garcia was denied bond because officials argued there was sufficient evidence to show he was "a verified member" of MS-13, meaning he was a danger to the community.

His attorneys claimed, and ICE later confirmed, that the only verification came from a form filled out by the Prince George County Police Department, which based his membership on the fact that "he was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat and a hoodie; and that a confidential informant advised that he was an active member of MS-13 with the Westerns clique" -- a group based out of Long Island, New York.

"It was so clear that they had absolutely no evidence that Kilmar was ever a gang member, yet they made us prove he was not one," Vasquez Sura wrote on March 24, 2019, during his immigration hearing. ...