Overview

• Garcia was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March 2025 in violation of a 2019 protection order and returned to the U.S. on June 7 following a Supreme Court directive.
• He faces human smuggling and conspiracy charges stemming from a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop where he was driving a vehicle carrying nine passengers.
• U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes set strict release conditions, including home detention, location monitoring and travel limits within Tennessee and Maryland.
• ICE has lodged a detainer that blocks his transfer from jail to home confinement and raises the prospect of a second deportation before trial.
• Federal prosecutors say they cannot force ICE to halt removal proceedings and are scheduled for a July 16 evidentiary hearing on their motion to revoke the release order.