The Trump administration will seek to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador again if a judge grants his attorneys‘ request to reopen his immigration case
The Trump administration will seek to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador again if a judge grants his attorneys‘ request to reopen his immigration case, according to a copy of a court filing obtained by ABC News.
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison — despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution. The Trump administration claimed he was a member of the criminal gang MS-13, which his family and attorneys deny.
He was brought back to the U.S. in June to face human trafficking charges in Tennessee, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
After being released into the custody of his brother in Maryland pending trial, he was again detained by immigration authorities, who indicated their intention to deport him.
A federal judge last month blocked Abrego Garcia’s deportation until at least early October. He is currently detained at a detention center in Farmville, Virginia.
The court filing, submitted to the Baltimore Immigration Court on Thursday, was filed after Abrego Garcia’s attorneys moved to reopen his case to seek asylum.
