Maryland U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey has traveled to El Salvador to try to meet with a man mistakenly deported from Maryland to a prison in El Salvador.

Ivey told WBAL NewsRadio that the goal is to have Kilmar Abrego Garcia have his day in court.

“We’re not afraid of him having his day in court. That’s what due process is all about,” Ivey said. “He needs to be brought back so he can have his day in court.”

Ivey said Democrats and others are trying to pressure the Trump administration to bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. to comply with court orders.

Last month, a now former Justice Department attorney, admitted in court that Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported in March, as part of a roundup of suspected Venezuelan gang members.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen met with Abrego Garcia last month. Ivey is also meeting with El Salvadoran officials.

Abrego Garcia and his family lived in Beltsville which is part of Ivey’s district. He fled El Salvador in 2011, fearing gang violence, and arrived in the U.S. illegally.

In 2019, an immigration judge barred Abrego Garcia from being deported to El Salvador because of fear of persecution. President Trump has maintained that Abrego Garcia is an MS-13 gang member and that affiliation means he cannot stay in the U.S.

Attorneys say that Abrego Garcia, whose wife is a U.S. citizen and who has a 5-year-old child and two step-children, is not a MS-13 member.

Last month, the White House argued that the order would mean the U.S. would need to send a plane to El Salvador should the country’s President Nayib Bukele seek to return him. He said he will not.

Republican lawmakers have criticized Democrats seeking to have Abrego Garcia returned, noting his wife has sought protection from abuse orders against him. Abrego Garcia’s wife is now working to get her husband returned to the U.S.

Ivey adds he would accept a decision by a judge to deport Abrego Garcia.

“Whatever happens after that will be based on a determination by a judge who has heard all the law, heard all of the evidence, and can make the appropriate decision,” Ivey said.

The lawmaker will remain in El Salvador all weekend and return to Maryland on Tuesday.