Kilmar Armando Abrego García, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March by federal immigration authorities, appeared in federal court Friday to answer charges related to a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return — and has sparred with government lawyers since then.

Trump administration seeks dismissal of Abrego Garcia deportation case after his return to U.S., while lawyers plan sanctions over handling of his transfer from El Salvador.

Abrego Garcia entered the United States in 2012 and sought asylum in 2019, after he was detained and faced deportation proceedings ... gang member and mocked legal efforts aimed at securing ...

Kilmar Abrego García, who entered the United States illegally from El Salvador in about 2011, has been at the center of a high-profile legal struggle over the lack of due process in some of the ...

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have renewed their push for contempt proceedings. Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S. on June 6 to face federal human smuggling charges after he was deported to El Salvador in March.

In 2019, an immigration judge granted Abrego Garcia a legal status known as withholding ... judge overseeing the case to start contempt proceedings and impose sanctions on the government.