Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a political flashpoint in the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement, has been returned to the United States to face criminal charges related to what federal authorities say was a massive human smuggling operation that brought immigrants into the country illegally.

What You Need To Know • Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged with in the United States with transporting illegal immigrants into the country, nearly three months after the Trump administration mistakenly deported him to his native El Salvador • The human trafficking charges stem from a 2022 vehicle stop in which the Tennessee Highway Patrol suspected him of human trafficking • Abrego Garcia, who had been living with his wife and chi

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