Mistakenly Deported Man Returned to U.S.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador despite legal protections, was brought back to the U.S. to face charges related to transporting undocumented migrants

The move, which was revealed today when an indictment was unsealed at a federal court in Nashville, could provide an offramp for the White House. A series of courts had ordered the U.S. to attempt to secure Abrego Garcia’s return. The Trump administration can now avoid escalating its legal fight while pressing its claim that he was worthy of removal. You can read the full indictment here.

“Abrego Garcia has landed in the United States to face justice,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a news conference this afternoon. “He was a smuggler of humans, and women and children.”

Abrego Garcia’s lawyers said they welcomed their day in court. “Today’s action proves what we’ve known all along — that the administration had the ability to bring him back and just refused to do so,” one of his lawyers said. “It’s now up to our judicial system to see that Mr. Abrego Garcia receives the due process that the constitution guarantees to all persons.”