Mistakenly deported Salvadoran native Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on his way back to the United States where he will face criminal charges for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S., according to sources familiar with the matter.

More than two months after the Trump administration admitted it mistakenly deported Abrego Garcia from Maryland to his native El Salvador, a federal grand jury has indicted him for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the United States, ABC News has learned.

A two-count indictment, which was filed under seal in federal court in Tennessee last month, alleges Abrego Garcia, 29, participated in a years-long conspiracy to haul undocumented migrants from Texas to the interior of the country, according to sources briefed on the indictment.

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    charges of transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S.

    How is that even a crime? If an undocumented person takes a bus to the immigration office, can they arrest the bus driver?

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      If it’s a crime, I have no doubt we’ll soon see DeSantis and Abbott indicted as well.

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        Also as long as we’re talking about shifting people aroind without their consent, homeless people have been getting the “Grayhound” treatment for years.

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      I guess we know what they were waiting for to bring him back - looking for some reason they could claim he broke a law so they could retroactively be right.

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        Basically waste a bunch of money for an attempt at saving face, what a fucking circus.

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          And ruin a dudes life. Thats the big one. They’d rather toss someone in a hole for the rest of their life than admit fault. Those are the people in charge.