US EditionAfter mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights smuggling charges. Here's what to know
Garcia contests charges as retaliatory after wrongful deportation; judge found evidence of possible vindictive prosecution by Trump administration.
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia is facing hearings in Tennessee due to human smuggling charges after his mistaken deportation, which sparked opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
- In 2019, Garcia was granted protection from deportation because he faces danger from gangs in El Salvador.
- Garcia has claimed 'selective or vindictive prosecution,' and a judge acknowledged concerns regarding the prosecution's motives, linking them to statements by Trump administration officials.
- Abrego Garcia cannot be deported to El Salvador due to a 2019 settlement affirming his well-founded fear of danger there.
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Kilmar Ábrego García, whose deportation by mistake helped galvanize opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies, will have hearings on December 8 and 9 in the case of human trafficking that he is accused of in Tennessee.
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After mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights smuggling charges. Here's what to know
The man whose mistaken deportation galvanized opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies is charged in federal court in Tennessee with human smuggling.
After mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights smuggling charges
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, has hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday in the human smuggling case against him in Tennessee.
Man fights smuggling charges
The man whose mistaken deportation galvanized opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies is charged in federal court in Tennessee with human smuggling. A judge next month will hear arguments on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to dismiss the charges on…
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