US EditionKilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Mexico or South Sudan, ICE official tells judge
UNITED STATES, JUL 10 – ICE has not identified a deportation destination for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who faces criminal charges and may be deported to a third country, officials said.
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia is scheduled for a hearing next week in Tennessee that will determine whether he is released from pre-trial detention on federal charges related to a 2022 smuggling incident.
- Garcia's wrongful deportation to El Salvador in March violated a 2019 judge's protective order issued due to gang threats, prompting ongoing legal efforts to prevent another removal without due process.
- U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis is considering an order to block Garcia's removal beyond Tennessee and bar deportation from the U.S. for 48 hours while his case advances.
- ICE assistant director Thomas Giles testified that the agency has not yet started determining which third country, such as Mexico or South Sudan, might receive Garcia if he is deported, but stated that Garcia could contest any removal to a country he believes to be unsafe.
- The case highlights concerns about deporting migrants to unsafe countries amid armed conflicts and travel warnings, indicating continued legal and policy scrutiny over migrants' rights and government deportation practices.
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Judge likely to keep Abrego Garcia detained to prevent quick deportation
A protester holds a photo of Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia as demonstrators gather to protest against the deportation of immigrants to El Salvador outside the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations in New York City on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)GREENBELT, Maryland — U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis seemed inclined during a Friday hearing to grant a temporary restraining order to block the Trump …
Judge weighs blocking Trump admin from deporting Abrego Garcia again
A federal judge in Maryland signaled on Friday that she may soon issue a ruling that could delay the Trump administration’s order to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a third country quickly if he is released next week from U.S. Marshals’ custody in Tennessee. Judge Paula Xinis, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, said she was “deeply concerned” that, absent a court order, the Department of Homeland Security would immediately arrange for…
ICE official’s court testimony provides few answers on agency’s plan for Abrego Garcia • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Protesters outside the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt rally on April 4, 2025, in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, calling for him to be returned to the U.S. (Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom).GREENBELT, Maryland — A top U.S. immigration official testifying in federal court Thursday did not give details of the Trump administration’s plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he is released from pre-trial detention next…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s team seeks no second deportation, Maryland return
GREENBELT, Md. — The family of mistakenly-deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia sought again during a hearing Friday to return him to Maryland, as his attorneys hoped a judge would help prevent him from being quickly deported for a second time.
Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran resident of Maryland for more than a decade, in the east of the United States, faces possible deportation to Mexico or South Sudan, as stated by a senior official of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) during a federal hearing in the United States. The case has generated legal and political tensions over irregularities in his previous expulsion and questions about his alleged association with gang…
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