The Maryland man, whose erroneous deportation to El Salvador became a protracted battle over due process and a test of wills, will face human smuggling charges in Tennessee.

Abrego Garcia's family and lawyers say he fled El Salvadorian gangs as a teenager for a life in Maryland. The US government claims he's smuggled thousands of illegal migrants across the country.

Senator Chris Van Hollen, who traveled to El Salvador in April and was allowed by the country’s authorities to meet with Abrego Garcia, said in a statement that the administration has “finally relented to our demands for compliance with court orders and with the due process rights afforded to everyone in the United States.”