Kilmar Abrego Garcia , a Maryland resident originally from El Salvador, was released from federal custody in Tennessee today (August 22) as he awaits trial on human smuggling charges. Abrego Garcia, who had been wrongfully deported to El Salvador earlier this year, returned to the U.S. in June. His release marks a significant development in a case that has raised questions about due process and immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump's administration.

Abrego Garcia was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT prison, despite a 2019 U.S. immigration judge's order that he had a "well-founded fear" of gang persecution there. The White House later called his deportation an "administrative error." Upon his return to the U.S., he was detained on charges of transporting migrants

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