Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are asking the federal judge overseeing his criminal case to throw out the human smuggling charges he’s facing, alleging the Justice Department singled him out for prosecution after he challenged his wrongful deportation to El Salvador earlier this year.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran native at the center of a U.S. deportation soap opera, is accusing the Trump administration of “unprecedented retribution” and asking a judge to drop his criminal case,

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have filed a motion to dismiss his criminal case in Tennessee, arguing the charges were only filed against him as "revenge." The post 'Filed as revenge': Abrego Garcia accuses Trump admin of 'unprecedented retribution,

Kilmar Abrego Garcia filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case filed against him arguing that it constituted selective and vindictive prosecution, specifically arguing that the three-year gap between his traffic stop and the charges being filed against him was "suspicious timing" and evidence of the government's retaliatory intent.

Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, entered the US illegally sometime around 2011, but an immigration judge in 2019, after reviewing evidence, withheld his removal.

Donald Trump now has the Attorney General he always wanted—an ally willing to harness the law to enable his agenda.

The Trump administration faces setbacks as judges in Tennessee and Maryland block the deportation of Salvadorian migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, with officials suggesting they may violate court orders.

A judge will consider a Trump administration lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Maryland over an order related to immigration and deportations.