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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Travis Loller

After mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights smuggling charges. Here's what to know

Deportation Error-Abrego Garcia-What to Know - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, has hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday in the human smuggling case against him in Tennessee.

U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw will hear evidence on motions from the defense asking him to dismiss the charges and throw out some of the evidence.

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