The case became a lightning rod for criticism of Trump’s immigration policies, after Abrego Garcia was wrongly sent to El Salvador
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported from Maryland to El Salvador by the Trump administration, is on his way back to the US to face criminal charges, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Abrego Garcia will face charges for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the US, ABC reported earlier. The report said the charges had been filed under seal in Tennessee last month, well after Abrego Garcia’s March 15 deportation.
In a statement, Abrego Garcia’s lawyer, Andrew Rossman, said it would now be up to the US judicial system to ensure he received due process.
“Today’s action proves what we’ve known all along – that the administration had the ability to bring him back and just refused to do so,” said Rossman, a partner at law firm Quinn Emanuel.
