2 resultsfor “Judge Waverly Crenshaw ruling on Kilmar Abrego Garcia”
Kilmar Abrego García, an immigrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador. Abrego Garcia [was charged last year with human smuggling](https://www.npr.org/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5425509/kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deport-cecot-maryland-ice) after being returned to the U.S. The charges stem from
Kilmar Abrego Garcia after finding that he would not have been prosecuted if he had not challenged his [deportation](/news/2025/12/11/us-judge-orders-release-of-kilmar-abrego-garcia-from-immigration-detention). On Friday, US District Judge Waverly Crenshaw said the Department of Justice only reopened