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US still wants to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, despite new agreement with Costa Rica

U.S. attorneys say Liberia remains the preferred destination as Abrego Garcia fights deportation and faces human smuggling charges in Tennessee.

  • The U.S. government still intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia despite a new agreement with Costa Rica to accept deportees who cannot legally be returned to their home countries.
  • Judge Paula Xinis previously barred U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting or detaining Abrego Garcia, referring to "one empty threat after another to remove him to countries in Africa with no real chance of success."
  • Abrego Garcia, who has an American wife and child and has lived in Maryland for years, argues that if he is to be deported, it should be to Costa Rica, which previously agreed to accept him.
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On Tuesday, U.S. government lawyers informed a federal judge that the Department of Homeland Security still intends to deport Kilmar Abrego García to Liberia, despite a new agreement with Costa Rica to accept deportees who cannot be legally returned to their countries of origin. The case of this Salvadoran citizen has become a central point of the immigration debate after his erroneous deportation to El Salvador last year. Since his return, he h…

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US still wants to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, despite new agreement with Costa Rica

The Department of Homeland Security intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia despite a new agreement with Costa Rica to accept deportees who cannot legally be returned to their home countries.

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On Tuesday, U.S. government lawyers informed a federal judge that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) still intends to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia, despite a new agreement with Costa Rica to accept deportees who cannot be legally returned to their countries of origin.

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KENS broke the news in on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
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