"Thousands of illegal aliens were smuggled," she said. The indictment was a dramatic turnabout for Abrego Garcia's supporters, who have portrayed him as an innocent man turned political pawn amid Trump's mass deportation program.

In a stunning turnaround, the deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S. from El Salvador to face federal criminal charges for human smuggling. Senior Partner at the law firm representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia,