US judge asks for assurance Abrego Garcia won’t be deported to Liberia

A federal judge in the United States has requested assurances from President Donald Trump’s administration that Kilmar Abrego Garcia won’t be deported while his deportation is still prohibited.

Following the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s (ICE) filing last week of a notice of a plan to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia, District Judge Paula Xinis is expected to demand the request on Monday.

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She questioned why the government didn’t deport Salvadoran man Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, where he has said he wants to move because the country’s immigration office has promised to treat him like a legal immigrant and not to be deported to El Salvador.

If you have any information on why we’re holding the hearing tomorrow and how you might deport him to a different country, please let us know. Xinis contacted government attorneys.

Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration in March, violating a 2019 court order preventing him from returning to his native country.

He was immediately charged with human smuggling in Tennessee after being released from the US on a judge’s order in June. He wants the case to be dropped.

Administration officials have repeatedly alleged that Abrego Garcia belongs to the MS-13 gang, a claim that has never been proven in court.

Lawyers for Abrego Garcia have claimed that he faces political retribution.

Lawyer Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg criticized the decision to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia as “cruel and unconstitutional.” He made the point that Abrego Garcia doesn’t have any national ties.

People who are unable to travel to their native countries have been repeatedly deported by the Trump administration. According to advocacy groups, deportations violate human rights and immigrants are being sent to nations where there have been long-standing human rights violations.