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DOJ Appeals to Reinstate Smuggling Charges Against Garcia

Published 19 August 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, arguing that a lower court erred in dismissing the case as an act of prosecutorial vindictiveness. The government filed its opening brief on August 17 with the Sixth U.S.

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