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US judge dismisses indictment against Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego

By Luc Cohen Reuters
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, walks outside U.S. District Court on the day of a hearing in his case, in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S., December 22, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, walks outside U.S. District Court on the day of a hearing in his case, in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S., December 22, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Evelyn Hockstein Reuters

NEW YORK - A U.S. judge dismissed an indictment against Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego on Friday, finding that the Trump administration would not have prosecuted him had he not challenged his deportation.

(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York;)

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This story was originally published May 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM.

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