The fight over the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador now returns to the U.S. court system. Abrego Garcia appeared Friday in court for the first time since he was expelled, facing new charges related to a large human smuggling operation. He was placed in federal custody in Tennessee after being brought back to the U.S. The Trump administration alleges that long before his deportation, Abrego Garcia smuggled thousands of people across the country who were living in the U.S. illegally. Abrego Garcia’s wife and lawyers offer a much different story, saying the now 29-year-old had as a teenager fled local gangs that terrorized his family for a life in Maryland.
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