Mistakenly deported Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on his way back to the United States where he will face criminal charges for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S., according to sources familiar with the matter.

More than two months after the Trump administration admitted it mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia from Maryland to his native El Salvador, a federal grand jury has indicted him for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the United States, ABC News has learned.

A two-count indictment, which was filed under seal in federal court in Tennessee last month, alleges Abrego Garcia, 29, participated in a years-long conspiracy to haul undocumented migrants from Texas to the interior of the country, according to sources briefed on the indictment.

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    Could’ve sworn he was deported because he was a ms13 gang member. We even had a photo clearly showing ms13 on his hand above some unrelated symbols. Right? Totally not photoshopped obviously?

    Is ms13 like running a bus depot now?

    Fuck man the narrative is so stupid it’s hard to even make jokes about it because just stating the facts is already the damn joke.

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    charges of transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S.

    How is that even a crime? If an undocumented person takes a bus to the immigration office, can they arrest the bus driver?

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      If it’s a crime, I have no doubt we’ll soon see DeSantis and Abbott indicted as well.

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        Also as long as we’re talking about shifting people aroind without their consent, homeless people have been getting the “Grayhound” treatment for years.

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      I guess we know what they were waiting for to bring him back - looking for some reason they could claim he broke a law so they could retroactively be right.

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        Basically waste a bunch of money for an attempt at saving face, what a fucking circus.

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          And ruin a dudes life. Thats the big one. They’d rather toss someone in a hole for the rest of their life than admit fault. Those are the people in charge.

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    You mean like what ICE is doing when they transported those “illegals” out of the jurisdiction of the federal judges that tried to stop them?

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    Hey, the thing that should have happened before Republicans took a shit on our Constitution by denying due process.

    See, the thing about due process is it either absolves the innocent or properly punishes criminals for their crimes. So it’s a win/win. But you can’t have that if fascists are breaking the law to prevent it.

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      Ideally, it does. Unfortunately, there are plenty of innocent people convicted and criminals never charged even though they’re caught, not to mention certain “kinds of people” getting lighter sentences than others.

      Due process is a critical and necessary component of a fair justice system, but be careful not to lose sight of the bigger picture.