Abrego Garcia, Accuse and Prosecution
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Lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant at the center of a legal maelstrom after he was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador in March, accused the Justice Department on Tuesday of vindictively bringing a criminal case against him in retaliation for trying to hold the Trump administration accountable for his mistaken deportation.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis barred federal immigration authorities from immediately taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into custody once he is released from criminal confinement in Tennessee.
Judges issue simultaneous orders blocking Trump administration from detaining wrongfully deported Salvadoran immigrant, for now