Kilmar Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention facility
The transfer aims to ease legal access for Abrego, who faces new deportation claims amid disputed gang allegations, according to his attorneys and court filings.
- On Friday, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was transferred to Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement notified his lawyers earlier that day.
- Defense filings argued being held at Farmville Detention Center, Virginia hindered Abrego Garcia's lawyers from meeting and preparing, and attorneys sought court help resolving access burdens.
- Attorneys cited recent reports of assaults, inadequate medical care and insufficient food at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, noting a detainee who died last month and an active investigation.
- Prosecutors charge Abrego Garcia with human smuggling, including one count of conspiracy and one of unlawful transportation, with a hearing set for October 6.
- After a mistaken deportation to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia returned to face new proceedings amid DHS plans to deport him to Eswatini and previous mentions of Uganda and over 20 countries.
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Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania facility, against lawyers’ wishes • Daily Montanan
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, pictured at center, was released from jail in Putnam County, Tennessee, on August 22, 2025. (John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who the Trump administration admitted to wrongly deporting in March, said over the weekend that the administration moved him from one U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Virginia to another in Pennsylvania, raising concerns ove…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia moved to Clearfield County, peaceful demonstration and candlelight vigil held to support
CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- A peaceful demonstration and candlelight vigil is being held for Kilmar Abrego Garcia and other detainees at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Phillipsburg. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose deportation case has garnered national attention, was moved to a Pennsylvania facility, his attorneys said in a status update. Abrego Garcia was previously detained at Farmville Detention Center in Virginia. Now, many are s…

Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania facility, against lawyers’ wishes
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, pictured at center, was released from jail in Putnam County, Tennessee, on August 22, 2025. (John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who the Trump administration admitted to wrongly deporting in March, said over the weekend that the administration moved him from one U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Virginia to another in Pennsylvania, raising concerns ove…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia moved to a Pennsylvania detention facility
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador from Maryland, has been transferred to Pennsylvania from a Virginia detention center, where he had been held facing new deportation efforts.His attorneys filed a status report earlier this month, saying that his detention by immigration officials in Virginia posed "substantial burdens" on the defense as they prepare for trial.Court documents state that Abrego Gar…
Kilmar Abrego García , who was unjustly deported from the United States to his native El Salvador and whose case became a point of conflict in President Donald Trump's immigration offensive, was transferred from a Virginia detention center to an installation in Pennsylvania. }The court records indicate that the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) notified Abrego Garcia's lawyers on Friday that he was transferred to the Moshannon Valley…
Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention facility
KIlmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national mistakenly deported but returned to the U.S. to face unrelated charges, was transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Phillipsburg, Pa., according to court records. Abrego Garcia was transferred on Friday from the Farmville Detention Center in Virginia to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania…
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