Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to U.S. to face human smuggling charges in Tennessee

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to the U.S. and will face human smuggling charges in Tennessee The Trump administration had fought court orders requiring the government to remedy his illegal deportation to El Salvador.

June 6, 2025, 4:09 PM EDT / Updated June 6, 2025, 4:25 PM EDT

By Jordan Rubin

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned to the U.S. to face federal human smuggling charges in Tennessee, according to NBC News , in a case that became emblematic of the combined coarseness and incompetence behind the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The Maryland resident, who was illegally deported to El Salvador in March, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts: conspiracy to unlawfully transport illegal aliens for financial gains and the unl