US EditionSalvadoran Man in Trump Immigration Row to Be Deported to Uganda: Officials
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported due to an administrative error and now faces deportation to Uganda amid allegations of gang involvement, which he denies.
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, was taken into custody again by ICE earlier this week and is now scheduled for deportation to Uganda.
- The case developed after Abrego Garcia, living in the U.S. under protected status since 2019, was previously deported by mistake due to an 'administrative error' acknowledged by Justice Department lawyers.
- Abrego Garcia was arrested by ICE upon attending a scheduled check-in in Baltimore and is now facing human smuggling charges, while his attorneys report that the government plans to deport him to Uganda.
- The administration claims Abrego Garcia belongs to the violent MS-13 gang and was involved in smuggling migrants, a charge he denies, while critics argue that his deportation was rushed and carried out without proper legal proceedings, violating US law.
- The case highlights the Trump administration's strict immigration policies, sparking protests and legal challenges, while garnering support from right-wing backers who praise the government's firm approach.
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By Devan Cole, CNN Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador and later brought back to the United States to face federal criminal charges, has renewed his request for asylum in the United States as the Trump administration intensifies its efforts to deport him to Uganda. The request filed Monday to review his asylum claim could further delay a potential deportation by the administration. If an immigration jud…
In March, a U.S. citizen was illegally deported to El Salvador because he had been considered a gang member. Now the man is in prison again. "They have only taken him to prison to punish him," said lawyer Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg. Kilmar Ábrego García was only taken back to the U.S. in June and was released on judicial orders last week. His lawyers assume that the Salvadoran citizen should be deported to East African Uganda, so that far away fr…
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