Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Newsmax on Friday there is no mistaking that the Maryland man errantly deported to an El Salvador prison is an MS-13 gang member and a “very dangerous individual,” saying the mistake was about where he should go.

A federal judge earlier Friday ordered the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States after an “administrative error” landed him at the CECOT prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

Noem told “The Record With Greta Van Susteren” that Garcia is “definitely a gang member” and a “very dangerous individual.”

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