Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, pleaded innocent Friday to human smuggling charges in a federal court in Tennessee.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man the Trump Administration conceded had been wrongly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, has been returned to the United States and is scheduled to be arraigned in a Nashville federal court on Friday.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, is back in the United States after being indicted in Tennessee on two federal charges involving migrant smuggling, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday.

Image President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador met with President Trump at the White House and said he would not return Mr. Abrego Garcia.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York Times Here is what to know ...

was to urge the government of El Salvador not to be complicit in the illegal abduction and detention of Mr. Abrego Garcia and to release him. I made that request directly to the vice president of ...

Senate Democrats proposed sanctions on El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and other top officials on Thursday, arguing the country violated human rights by imprisoning Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Why it matters: Democrats are continuing to bash the White House and El Salvador for Garcia's treatment,

To say the Trump administration has "complied" with a judge's order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "pure farce," his attorneys said in a filing.