Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrendered to ICE agents in Baltimore and was being processed for deportation. His attorney filed a lawsuit seeking to pause removal until a court can hear his claim for protection, arguing that the United States could place him in a country where his safety cannot be assured. Abrego Garcia had been unlawfully deported to El Salvador before court intervention led to his return to the United States to face criminal human-smuggling charges. He was released from criminal custody in Tennessee and reunited with his family in Maryland. A federal judge temporarily blocked his deportation to Uganda and plans a hearing on his opportunity to contest that removal.
Abrego Garcia surrendered to ICE Agents in Baltimore on Monday, where Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in an X post that the Maryland father of three was being processed for deportation. But the El Salvadoran native's attorney filed a lawsuit until a court has heard his claim for protection, stating that the U.S. could place him in a country where his safety cannot be assured,' The Associated Press reported.
Abrego Garcia came to the public's attention when he was unlawfully deported to El Salvador before court intervention that prompted the Trump administration to return him to the United States to face criminal charges of human smuggling. He was released from criminal custody in Tennessee last week and returned to his family in Maryland. Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis temporarily blocked Abrego Garcia's deportation to Uganda.
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