A group of 14 news organizations on Tuesday asked the federal court overseeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case to unseal the court records regarding the Maryland man's possible return to the United States.

The media outlets made the request as filings about Abrego Garcia’s detention in a Salvadoran prison have been increasingly closed to the public, The Washington Post reported. The Post is one of the outlets seeking the unsealing of records.

Abrego Garcia was deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador in March, and his case has gained national attention, becoming a flash point in American politics.

Democrats have demanded that Abrego Garcia be returned to the U.S. after the Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting him.

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