Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to an El Salvadoran slave prison by accident. A federal lawyer admitted the mistake rather than lie to the court and was promptly fired by the administration. The Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to return Abrego Garcia, and the government eventually brought him back and charged him with human trafficking in Tennessee. The Tennessee charges were described as flimsy, leading a judge to release him pending trial and return him to Maryland under ICE supervision. He appeared for his required check-in, was arrested, and Homeland Security announced he "will be processed for removal to Uganda." Critics say prosecutors lack credible evidence, relying on a tattoo and fabricated captions.
After a federal lawyer was forced to admit the mistake - because he didn't want to lie to the court - the administration promptly fired the attorney. The Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to bring Abrego Garcia back to the United States, which the administration tried to lie about - possibly with AI hallucinated misquotes - before eventually giving in and bringing him back to the United States and charging him with human trafficking in Tennessee.
But the Tennessee charges were sufficiently flimsy that the government couldn't prove a compelling reason to keep Abrego Garcia's in custody and the judge ordered his release pending trial. He returned to Maryland where he would be subject to ICE supervision under his pre-existing status. Pursuant to that order, he showed up for his check-in today and got arrested. According to the official Homeland Security X account, Abrego Garcia "will be processed for removal to Uganda," a country where he has no ties at all,
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