US EditionRep. Green calls on THP to release more details on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s 2022 traffic stop
- Rep. Green urged the Tennessee Highway Patrol to disclose more information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's 2022 speeding traffic stop involving eight passengers.
- The stop led to Immigration and Customs Enforcement contacting Garcia, who was not taken into custody, amid contested claims about his alleged gang affiliation and legal status.
- Garcia's due process hearing, conducted by immigration judges with different standards than regular courts, admitted hearsay and placed the burden of proof on him despite no criminal charges.
- A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that Garcia was illegally deported to El Salvador in 2023, with judges ordering his return while the administration invoked state secrets privilege to withhold related documents.
- The case highlights ongoing legal and political disputes over immigration enforcement, transparency, and proper due process protections for noncitizens like Garcia.
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Abrego Garcia's lawyers challenge Trump administration's invocation of state secrets privilege
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia pushed back on the Trump administration’s invocation of the state secrets privilege in a court filing Monday, saying that the government has produced no evidence “showing that it has made the slightest effort to facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s release from detention in El Salvador. “There is little reason to believe that compliance with a court order to fac…
Rep. Green calls on THP to release more details on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s 2022 traffic stop
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – U.S. House Homeland Security chairman Rep. Mark Green (R-Tennessee) is calling on authorities to be more transparent about a 2022 Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) traffic stop of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March. On May 2, the THP released a redacted video of a traffic stop dated Nov. 30, 2022, involving Abrego Garcia in Cookeville. The 29-year-old was pulled over for speeding in a…
Letter: Consider all facets of Garcia immigration case | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Columnist Cal Thomas’ broad attack on Democrats’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia narrative leaves out inconvenient truths (“Dems’ Abrego Garcia narrative obscures inconvenient truth,” Star-Advertiser, April 22).
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follow.itTrump Loses It After Interviewer Fact-Checks Him To His Face: 'You Can't Do That'
DISCLAIMER: This article was first published in April 2025 To mark the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency, the president sat for an interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran in what was an at-times contentious discussion. One more memorable moment involved a question about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man whom the Trump Administration deported to a prison in El Salvador, even as Trump lawyers admitted in court that he was deported …
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