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> The immigration judge also said that evidence Abrego Garcia provided in his motion arguing for protection due to his fear that he will be tortured or killed by the Salvadoran government because he's been labeled an MS-13 gang member is "insufficient."> Judge Taylor said that when Abrego Garcia was detained in El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, he was not subjected to "the conditions described in his country conditions evidence," and added that Abrego Garcia indicated that he was not "specifically singled out" by CECOT guards "before his mistreatment started or while it was taking place."> "Respondent also does not indicate that the guards made any statements or otherwise indicated that they believed him or the other deportees to be gang members, so they do not appear to have imputed MS-13 gang membership to him," Judge Taylor said. "Notably, while prison officials interrogated Respondent about his alleged gang membership and took pictures of his tattoos, they did not mistreat him during the interrogation."> In a post on the social media platform X, the DHS said Abrego Garcia's final order of removal stands after the immigration judge's decision.> “His lawyers tried to fight his removal from the U.S. but one thing is certain, this Salvadoran man is not going to be able to remain in our country,” DHS said in the post.> Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to CECOT, despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution. The Trump administration claimed he was a member of the criminal gang MS-13, which his family and attorneys deny.> He was brought back to the U.S. in June to face human trafficking charges in Tennessee, to which he has pleaded not guilty.> After being released into the custody of his brother in Maryland pending trial, he was again detained by immigration authorities, who have sought to deport him.