Democrats and activist groups in Tennessee have announced a “Rapid Response Protest” to show their support for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the citizen of El Salvador who was deported in March and returned to the United States last week by the U.S. Department of Justice to face charges for an allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants, as he is arraigned in Nashville on Friday.
According to an event page on the progressive organizing website Mobilize, the protest is organized by a “group of local organizations” who claim Abrego Garcia is being subjected to “trumped-up charges” after being returned from El Salvador, where the activists claim he was “abducted” and deported “without due process.”
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