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Federal prosecutors are looking to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia after he is released from a Tennessee jail ahead of his trial on human smuggling charges, according to multiple outlets, opposing his attorneys’ attempt to return him to Maryland, where he lived with his wife and children.
Katheryn Millwee holds a portrait of Kilmar Abrego Garcia outside the federal courthouse Wednesday, ... More
Prosecutors with the Trump administration told a judge Thursday the administration is seeking to deport Abrego Garcia to a country other than El Salvador, where he was initially deported to in March over an “administrative error,” the Associated Press reported.
A Nashville, Tennessee-based federal judge who ordered Abrego Garcia’s release Wednesday chose to keep Abrego Garcia in jail a few days longer over concerns he would be quickly deported upon release.
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