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After mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights smuggling charges. Here's what to know
Kilmar Abrego Garcia claims selective prosecution after wrongful deportation; evidence includes a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop tied to human smuggling charges.
- 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.
·Los Angeles, United States
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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.
·United States
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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…
·Huntingdon, United States
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