President Donald Trump on Tuesday acknowledged that he could secure the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last month but refuses to do so.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran who has lived in the US for more than ten years, was mistakenly sent to El Salvador last month despite having court protection against deportation

It remained unclear whether the diplomatic effort was a genuine bid by the White House to address the plight of the immigrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.