US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Abrego Garcia had been in government custody since he was apprehended by immigration authorities in Maryland in March and illegally deported.
Officials dangled an offer to send Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica if he pleaded guilty to criminal charges, the lawyers said in a filing, then threatened to send him to Uganda if he did not.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial
An attorney says Abrego Garcia has been “reunited with his loving family” for the first time since he was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March.
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss a human smuggling case against him, saying the government was prosecuting the Maryland construction worker to punish him for challenging his removal to El Salvador.