The Department of Justice has returned deported migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States to face charges that he smuggled many migrants — including minors — into the United States.
The return follows an extensive grand jury investigation into Abrego Garcia’s background.
The return is also a White House concession to demands by federal judges that prosecutors go through the lengthening “due process.” In the case of Abrego Garcia, a judge has told federal officials they must pick a deportation destination and then persuade the judge that Abrego Garcia will be safe once he is deported.
This time-consuming legal process comes years after Abrego Garcia was formally told by a judge in 2019 that he would be deported.
The grand jury indicted Abrego Garcia for allegedly being in a ga