The controversy surrounding the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia escalated on Friday when he was released to be with his family, and the Trump administration immediately took action.
Garcia has been the focus of high-profile litigation after he was deported to a prison for terrorists in El Salvador based on claims from the Trump administration that he was a member of the infamous MS-13 criminal gang.
'We have said it for months and it remains true to this day: he will never go free on American soil.'
After much legal wrangling, Garcia was returned to the U.S., but the government immediately obtained an indictment based on new allegations of his involvement in a multi-state human trafficking operation.
Abrego Garcia's lawyer Sean Hecker said Friday that he was released from Putnam