The White House admits a "clerical error" was to blame for mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison.

The White House on Tuesday said the Maryland father deported to El Salvador’s mega-prison was an MS-13 leader who will not be returning to the U.S., despite the Trump administration conceding in a prior court filing that he was mistakenly flown to the facility housing some of Latin America’s most notorious gang members.

The “administrative error” that caused a Maryland man’s deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador has prompted backlash in Congress and beyond.