Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national at the center of a legal firestorm over President Donald Trump‘s immigration policies, pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal human smuggling charges.
Abrego Garcia was arraigned Friday in Tennessee federal court, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, and pleaded not guilty to two federal charges accusing him of trafficking illegal migrants across the southern border as part of an alleged multiyear operation during his illegal stint in the United States since 2011.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes presided over the arraignment in Nashville, where the court also heard arguments about whether Abrego Garcia, who entered the U.S. illegally over a decade ago, should remain in custody while awaiting trial. The 29-year-old faces allegations that he transported undocumented immigrants for profit, with prosecutors claiming he has
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