The mother of a Maryland woman who was killed by an individual who entered the country illegally addressed reporters at the White House on Wednesday as the Trump administration seeks to go on offense over the case of an individual who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

Patty Morin, whose daughter Rachel’s 2023 killing became a flashpoint in the presidential campaign last year, was a “special guest” of the White House at a previously unscheduled briefing with reporters.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt opened the briefing by criticizing Democrats for their outrage over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man the administration had acknowledged in court documents it mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison.

In her remarks to........

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