Trump admin reaffirms Abrego Garcia won't go free in the US: 'Horrific crimes'

Top Trump administration functionaries maintain that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will continue to go through the legal system in the United States before he is deported again as the administration maintains he will not walk free in the U S Abrego Garcia s lawyers successfully solicited the judge on Friday to keep him behind bars to avoid any possibility of an immediate deportation according to NewsNation However the plan is to try Abrego Garcia in the U S on the Tennessee-based human smuggling charges before deporting him according to the Department of Justice And if he is convicted the White House says he will spend time behind bars in the U S before being deported JUDGE SETS STRICT CONDITIONS FOR ABREGO GARCIA'S RELEASE AS TRUMP BUREAUCRATS PURSUE INCIDENT AGAINST HIM This defendant has been charged with horrific crimes including trafficking children and will not walk free in our country again DOJ spokesperson Chad Gilmartin recounted Fox News Digital in an email The White House further clarified the Executive Branch s stance following an Associated Press analysis on the comments from federal prosecutors about possibly deporting him to a third country sooner This is fake news Abrego Garcia was returned to the United States to face trial for the egregious charges against him He will face the full force of the American justice system - including serving time in American prison for the crimes he s committed White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson noted in an X post RETURNED SALVADORAN MIGRANT KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA ARRAIGNED ON FEDERAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING CHARGES IN TENNESSEEDHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin commented the -year-old will not be freed in the U S at any point Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a dangerous criminal illegal alien We have explained it for months and it remains true to this day he will never go free on American soil she wrote CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGEAbrego Garcia who was living in Maryland was deported to El Salvador amid accusations of being an MS- gang member as it is a designated foreign terrorist organization He then spent time detained at the country s terrorism confinement center While detained in the country it sparked a political firestorm in which Democrats raised concerns about due process with Sen Chris Van Hollen D-M D even meeting with him in the Central American nation During his El Salvador detainment past records alleging domestic abuse surfaced as well as reports that he allegedly had taken part in human smuggling which ultimately led to the federal charges brought forth earlier this month that resulted in his return to American custody DEMOCRATS CELEBRATE RETURN OF SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKER KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA Abrego Garcia has landed in the United States to face justice Attorney General Pam Bondi mentioned at the time A grand jury in the Middle District of Tennessee returned a sealed indictment charging him with alien smuggling and conspiracy However critics blasted the charges as a political move After weeks of the Trump administration saying they either couldn't or wouldn't return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US the timing of these charges are clearly designed to cover up their negligence and the fact that the Supreme Court unanimously called them out on the egregious strategies they are ignoring due process the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition noted in a announcement at the time Still Mr Abrego Garcia will now be able to have his day in court which The Constitution guarantees for everyone in our country regardless of citizenship