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The Justice Department confirmed Thursday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant at the center of a legal firestorm, will be tried in Tennessee on federal smuggling charges before any deportation proceedings are carried out — a development meant to ease growing concerns that the Trump administration could expel him …

The U.S. government has appealed a federal judge’s order to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, only to face new federal smuggling charges upon his court-mandated return. The Trump administration acknowledged the erroneous deportation earlier this spring after the Supreme …

Federal prosecutors on Monday detailed legal arguments for the detention until trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration. Abrego Garcia was returned to Nashville from El Salvador on Friday to face two criminal human smuggling charges tied to a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop. …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongly deported to his native El Salvador three months ago, was brought back to the U.S. on Friday and will face federal charges, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said. Abrego Garcia’s case had become a flashpoint in a debate over what due process rights …

President Donald Trump said he could return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States “with one phone call” — a claim that stands in direct conflict with ongoing arguments by his own Justice Department and a series of court rulings that have ordered the administration to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return. …

In a high-profile diplomatic moment, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) confirmed Thursday night that he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration in March despite a 2019 court order barring his removal. Van Hollen said the meeting, which …

Sen Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday he was denied a meeting with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador-born Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in his home country notorious for human rights abuses. The Maryland Democrat met with El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa in the …

A federal judge in Maryland on Tuesday ordered a defiant Trump administration to provide evidence about how it has tried to secure the release of an immigrant mistakenly deported to a brutal mega-prison in El Salvador, saying that to date, the record shows “nothing has been done.” District Judge Paula …

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele won’t return a Maryland man the United States erroneously deported to a mega-prison in his Central American country, he said Monday during a visit to the Oval Office. Sitting beside President Donald Trump, Bukele told reporters, “Of course I’m not going to do it.” Administration …

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite legal protections preventing his removal. The decision comes after a series of legal missteps and amid mounting criticism of the administration’s …

The Trump administration made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to strike down a lower court’s order that immigration officials return a Maryland man erroneously deported to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that, despite an error …

The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that an “administrative error” led to the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man legally protected from removal. Despite admitting the mistake, the administration is refusing to facilitate his return to the U.S. Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, was …