Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, speaks at a press conference July 16 before the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse in Nashville. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

NASHVILLE — Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are asking a federal judge in Tennessee to dismiss human smuggling charges against him, calling the case a clear example of “selective and vindictive prosecution” by the Trump administration.

In a motion filed late Tuesday, just days ahead of Abrego’s expected pretrial release, the attorneys conceded their argument to dismiss the case is “infrequently made and rarely succeeds.”

“But if there has ever been a case for dismissal on those grounds, this is that case,” they wrote. “The government is attempting to use this case — and this Court — to punish Mr.

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