A human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, was thrown out on Friday by a ...

A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Friday, finding that the investigation into Abrego’s alleged human trafficking was “tainted.” ...

U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw accused the Justice Department of conducting a vindictive prosecution against the Salvadoran man.

Judge Crenshaw’s ruling effectively ends the criminal case unless the DOJ appeals and secures a higher court's reinstatement. Abrego is still facing deportation, though. He has offered to go to Costa ...