The Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to an El Salvadoran prison has been returned to the U.S. to face charges.

The case of the wrongly deported Maryland resident began with a 2019 police encounter at a Home Depot parking lot. It has since become an emblem of the Trump administration’s massive deportation effort.

The fight over the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador now returns to the U.S. court system.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case started quietly, boiling down to a clerical error that moved him up on a list to land on a deportation flight destined to El Salvador in March. And then a court filing from the Trump Justice Department acknowledging the mistake brought it to the national forefront – culminating in a fraught legal battle and heated political debate.

After months of a legal and political battle over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation, he is back in the U.S. facing human smuggling charges. Sen. Van Hollen (D-MD) joins Ana Cabrera to react to Abrego Garcia receiving due process which Van Hollen and others have been fighting for.

Maryland father deported to El Salvador returns to U.S., faces federal charges. Advocates celebrate constitutional victory.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a wrongly deported immigrant, is back in the United States and facing a criminal indictment in Tennessee.