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As Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation battle continues, differing pictures of him emerge

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is at center of one of the most consequential legal standoffs since Donald Trump returned to office.

His attorneys and wife have characterized him as a responsible father and caring family man.

On Wednesday , the Trump administration pushed back on that narrative, saying he's a member of MS-13 gang .

The case has become a test of the power of the executive branch versus the courts.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia left his home in El Salvador in 2011 at the age of 16 after a local gang extorted his family's business.

His lawyers say he slowly built a life in the United States , meeting his future wife and taking care of her two children.

He was arrested in 2019 after loitering in a Home Depot parking lot in Hyattsville , Maryland .

A DOJ report says he wore a Chicago Bulls hat and hoodie emblazoned with images of rolls of money covering the eyes and ears of former presidents.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was granted limited protected status five years ago .

He was pulled over for what he thought was a routine traffic stop, his wife says.

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