Kilmar Abrego Garcia was flown back into the United States from El Salvador on Friday to face federal criminal charges from President Donald Trump ’s administration after being wrongfully deported in March.

The Maryland man is still detained—this time at Putnam County Jail in Tennessee—as the 29-year-old Salvadoran awaits his June 13 court date related to charges of transporting undocumented migrants. Abrego Garcia’s return comes after the Trump administration repeatedly opposed court orders requiring the government to take steps to return him after his wrongful removal by immigration officials.

“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,” Andrew Rossman , a lawyer for Abrego Garcia, s

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