Deported Migrant Returns to US, World Pride in DC, Sports Finals
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What happened to Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
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The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is at the center of a bitter legal and political fight.
For nearly two months, the Trump administration said the migrant would not be brought back to the U.S. after he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
But in a surprise move yesterday, Abrego Garcia arrived back in the country after an arrest warrant was issued.
NPR immigration reporter Ximena Bustillo has been following the case and joins us now. Hi there. Good morning. So why did the administration say he could come back?
Well, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a press conference yesterday that a grand jury in Tennessee had charged Abrego Garcia of federal crimes. The indictment has one count of alien smuggling and one count of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling. She said that the grand jury found that over the past nine years, Abrego Garcia played a significant role in an alien smuggling ring. The indictment alleges that he made over 100 trips transporting people without legal status between Texas and Maryland and other states. NPR has not independently confirmed the smuggling accusations. So what has been the response from Abrego Garcia's legal team? His lawyer, Simon Sandoval Moshenberg, told me that after months of delay and secrecy, authorities were bringing his client back to, quote, not correct their error, but to prosecute him. You know, as you mentioned, Abrego Garcia had been deported to El Salvador by mistake in 2019.
He received a protection from deportation to his native El Salvador because he successfully argued before an immigration judge that he could face gang violence if he was sent there. A federal judge in Maryland ordered that the Trump administration facilitate Abrego Garcia's release and return. And this order was upheld unanimously by the U.S. Supreme Court. But until the indictment, the administration had not been able to communicate its progress in doing this. And Trump officials even said that they would not bring him back.
Abrego Garcia has been accused of committing various crimes, as we said. How does this fit into President Trump's broader immigration strategy?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened to Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
0:06–9:02
2
How is World Pride celebrated in Washington D.C.?
9:02–10:29
3
What challenges do LGBTQ people face under the Trump administration?
10:29–12:20
4
How are businesses reacting to the current political climate?
12:20–15:27
5
What changes are happening in college sports?
15:27–16:07
6
How will college athletes benefit from new compensation rules?
16:07–22:54
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