A rare human case of a flesh-eating parasite known as New World screwworm has been confirmed in a Maryland resident as the Trump administration is trying to prevent the resurgence of an insect largely eradicated from livestock decades ago.

Health officials confirm that a Maryland resident was diagnosed with New World screwworm earlier this month after traveling to El Salvador. It has been declared the first human case in the United States by the Centers for Diesease Control and Prevention.

The first human screwworm case in the U.S. has been traced to a person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was expected Monday to report to U.S. immigration officials in Maryland as the Trump administration says it intends to deport the El Salvadoran national whose arrest and fight to stay in the country have become a flashpoint in the president's immigration crackdown.

On Friday, a magistrate judge ordered Abrego Garcia, 30, released from a Tennessee jail and returned to Maryland where he and his family live while he faces smuggling charges. The Salvadoran national,