Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey said he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he traveled to El Salvador to check on him after he was mistakenly deported from the U.S. in March.

Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey returned to Dulles International Airport on Tuesday, frustrated that he had been unable to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in an El Salvador prison.

SAN SALVADOR — The gang name was scrawled onto classroom desks and written on bathroom walls. At the school where Kilmar Abrego García spent most of his adolescence, the students all knew who was in charge of the neighborhood: MS-13.

A Maryland man’s deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.