Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador back in U.S. to face criminal charges | Hanomansing Tonight

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation to El Salvador became a political flashpoint in the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement, is being returned to the United States to face criminal charges related to what the U.S. says was a massive human smuggling operation that brought immigrants into the country illegally.

Photo credit: Abrego Garcia Family

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