Trump doubles down on deported migrant's alleged ties to gang: 'He's got MS-13 tattooed' on knuckles

President Donald Trump on Friday night doubled down on his administration's allegation that a deported migrant now in El Salvador is connected to the violent MS-13 gang. 

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was originally from El Salvador, has become the focal point of one of the biggest deportation cases in recent history, after he was sent back home with another group of illegal migrants.

Democrats have argued that Abrego Garcia was a peaceful, law-abiding man from Maryland prior to his deportation, but the Trump administration argues that he was a member of MS-13, who had beaten his wife. Court documents from 2021 showed Abrego Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez, applied for a protective order against her husband, though the case was eventually dismissed.

Trump, in a post on Truth Social, shared an image of what he claimed was Abrego Garcia's hand, which showed tattoos on his knuckles that included a marijuana leaf, a cross, a skull and a smiley face. 

"This is the hand of the man that the Democrats feel should be brought back to the United States, because he is such 'a fine and innocent person,'" the president wrote in the post. "They said he is not a member of MS-13, even though he’s got MS-13 tattooed onto his knuckles, and two Highly Respected Courts found that he was a member of MS-13.

"I was elected to take bad people out of the United States, among other things," he continued. "I must be allowed to do my job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

The post comes after Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador this week. Two other Congressional Democrats have asked the House Oversight Committee to allow them to travel to El Salvador on the taxpayers' dime to visit the migrant, but Chairman James Comer denied the request on Friday.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.