The case of the wrongly deported Maryland resident began with a 2019 police encounter at a Home Depot parking lot. It has since become an emblem of the Trump administration’s massive deportation effort.

The Maryland man, whose erroneous deportation to El Salvador became a protracted battle over due process and a test of wills, will face human smuggling charges in Tennessee.

Abrego Garcia's family and lawyers say he fled El Salvadorian gangs as a teenager for a life in Maryland. The US government claims he's smuggled thousands of illegal migrants across the country.