What to know Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s pending release and risk of deportation
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, is back in the U.S. and being held in jail as he awaits trial on federal human smuggling charges.
His attorneys want him to be released from jail in Tennessee while he awaits his trial. And so does a federal magistrate judge, who said she will let Abrego Garcia out of jail with conditions.
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