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Charges dropped against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Plus: Ky. woman found after missing since 1992 ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Sat May 23 2026

 

He was the man hit with human smuggling offenses after being wrongly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration. Well, a judge has dismissed those charges.

Welcome back, This is America readers, I'm Phillip M. Bailey, chief political correspondent with USA TODAY.

Abrego Garcia's story gripped the nation's attention at one point, as he became a face of the White House's strict immigration enforcement campaign. A sheet metal worker, he was arrested in March 2025 while living in Maryland, where he had been since entering the U.S. illegally in 2012,  federal records show.

The Trump administration repeatedly claimed that Abrego Garcia was a member of the gang MS-13, but a federal judge said in August 2025 there was no evidence he had ever been part of the criminal organization.

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FILE PHOTO: Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, attends an event with supporters, as he appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Elizabeth Frantz, REUTERS

For more on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, check out USA TODAY's coverage:

Feds abused prosecuting power against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge says: A federal judge found that the Justice Department charged Kilmar Abrego Garcia only because he successfully fought his deportation.Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia? What to know about the man sent to an El Salvador mega-prison.Feds to fine migrants $18,000 to recoup deportation costs: Department of Homeland Security officials acknowledge they will likely never collect most of the new fines.

Police just arrested Ky. mother and son in a 1992 disappearance

Anna Lee Manning vanished without a trace more than three decades ago when she was 23 years old after last being spotted outside a jewelry shop in Junction City, Kentucky.

Manning's aunt, Elsie Williams, said at the time that her niece's husband cut her off from her family members. As with many missing cases, it is easy to give up hope but Williams says she never did.

"I've been praying every night, every night for the last few months that they would find her," Williams, who is battling cancer, recently told WLEX-TV . "I wanted to find her before I died."

Police have now arrested Manning's husband and mother-in-law in connection to her alleged murder with both being held on a $2 million bond as they await court proceedings.

Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr. (NJ) has not been seen in Washington D.C. since March 5, 2026.

The mystery of a New Jersey congressman's absence has consumed Washington for weeks.

Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, speaks as the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence holds their annual hearing on the assessment of worldwide threats to U.S. national security in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2026.
 

Trump intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard resigns, cites husband's cancer

As director of national intelligence, Gabbard oversees 18 US agencies, including the CIA and FBI. Her tenure has been marked by turbulence.

PepsiCo Foods is lowering prices on many of its snacks by up to nearly 15%, including Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Tostitos and more.
 

Why some bags of your favorite chips might be getting more expensive

Fans of snacks like Lay’s and Doritos may soon notice slightly higher prices at convenience stores and checkout aisles.

A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026.
 

American doctor with Ebola says he’s 'cautiously optimistic'

Dr. Peter Stafford, a missionary physician, was perhaps the first American to contract the disease in connection with the current outbreak.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushed an EPA official on reports of dirty drinking water in Georgia next to a data center that was recently built.
 

AOC shows dirty water found next to data center

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushed an EPA official on reports of dirty drinking water in Georgia next to a data center that was recently built.

 

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