Kilmar Abrego Garcia was taken into federal custody after checking in at an ICE building in Baltimore following release from federal custody in Tennessee. He reunited with family over the weekend and said those moments gave him hope and strength. He filed a lawsuit challenging his detention and any deportation to Uganda or other countries until an immigration court trial. The case raises due process questions after he was arrested in March and deported to El Salvador despite a 2019 court order barring such removal over a well-founded fear of gang persecution. The government called the removal an administrative error, returned him, and intends to deport him to Uganda while he faces criminal indictments related to migrant transportation.
The detention, which was expected, happened minutes after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from federal custody on Friday in Tennessee pending a trial on separate criminal charges. Talking to supporters gathered outside the building, Abrego Garcia said seeing his family over the weekend filled him with hope, and said those moments "will give me strength to continue fighting."
Abrego Garcia on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging his current detention and any deportation to Uganda or any other country until a trial is held at an immigration court. At the core of Abrego Garcia's case is the question of due process under President Trump's aggressive crackdown on undocumented immigrants in the U.S. The man was arrested in March and sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to the Central American country
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