ICE Takes Kilmar Abrego Garcia Into Custody As DHS Weighs Uganda Third-Country Deportation
Kilmar Ábrego García, who was unlawfully deported to El Salvador earlier this year, turned himself in and was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Baltimore facility after a public rally. The Trump administration has warned it may deport him to Uganda, while prosecutors previously offered a plea deal that would have sent him to Costa Rica, which his lawyers rejected. A federal judge ordered supervised release allowing him to live and work in Maryland with periodic ICE check-ins, but did not bar removal to a third country so long as due process is respected. Activists, community groups and elected officials have criticized the administration, calling the actions retaliatory for his challenge to wrongful deportation. He faces federal human-smuggling charges and a trial scheduled for January.
