Judge temporarily bars Kilmar Abrego García’s deportation to Uganda
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen, was taken into custody by ICE Monday morning after he appeared at the Baltimore office to complete a routine check-in.
- His detention came after his release from custody in Tennessee on Friday and his rejection of an offer to plead guilty to human smuggling charges in exchange for removal to Costa Rica.
- Abrego Garcia faces possible deportation to Uganda, a move his attorneys say is retaliatory and dangerous, while advocacy groups and politicians have condemned the threat.
- According to official statements, Abrego Garcia is considered a clear threat and faces the choice of pleading guilty or proceeding to trial.
- The case is intensifying legal battles over deportation procedures and may affect protections requiring 72 hours' notice before removal to a third country like Uganda.
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3 questions hanging on Abrego Garcia’s fight against Uganda deportation
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Obama-Appointed Judge Says Trump Admin ‘Absolutely Forbidden’ From Deporting Abrego Garcia
by Jason Hopkins at CDN - A federal judge in Maryland has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting suspected gangbanger Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday took custody of Abrego Garcia, an illegal migrant suspected of MS-13 membership and charged with human smuggling, and plan to remove him from the U.S. However, Federal District Judge … Click to read the rest HERE-> Obama-Appointe…
After months of judicial battle and several incarcerations, the young Salvadoran, a victim of an administrative error, became the flag of the fight against mass expulsions of undocumented people.
Video of Abrego Garcia in Custody Goes Viral
A video shared by the Department of Homeland Security of Kilmar Abrego Garcia being led through a Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in handcuffs moments after he was detained has gone viral after the Salvadoran national who entered the U.S. illegally criticized the country's "corrupt government," the New York Post reported on Tuesday. Abrego Garcia was released last week from a Tennessee jail as he awaits trial on human smuggling …
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