Justice Department says it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on smuggling charges
- On Thursday, the Justice Department announced plans to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia on smuggling charges in Tennessee before proceeding with his deportation to a third country.
- Abrego Garcia became a flashpoint after his mistaken deportation to El Salvador in March, which violated a 2019 immigration judge's order protecting him.
- On Thursday, legal representatives for Abrego Garcia sought immediate intervention from a Maryland federal judge, asking for an order requiring the government to transfer him there upon release to avoid rapid deportation.
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes recently ruled Abrego Garcia has a right to pretrial release but kept him in custody on Wednesday due to deportation concerns.
- A court date was set for July 7 in Maryland to address the urgent petition and related issues amid ongoing immigration and legal discussions.
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Abrego Garcia’s lawyers file request for him to stay in custody to avoid deportation
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man at the center of a high-profile deportation and human smuggling case, are asking a federal judge to keep their client in jail after the Trump administration revealed in court it intends to…
This Friday, worried about his client’s possible second deportation, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed an unusual request with the judge who oversees his criminal case in Tennessee to remain in prison for the next two weeks to “avoid the government from deporting him” and give him more time to provide “reliable information about his intentions.” The Trump Administration plans to deport Abrego García to a third country other than El Salvador, …
By Isabel Rosales and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Attorneys for Kilmar Ábrego García have asked a federal judge to delay their client’s planned release from custody this Friday, after federal prosecutors said during a hearing Thursday that they would seek to deport him to a “third country,” other than his native El Salvador. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin deportation proceedings after Ábrego García returns to immigration custody,…
Judge orders Abrego Garcia to remain in jail after his lawyers raise deportation concerns
A federal judge agreed to delay Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release after his lawyers pointed to conflicting reports from federal officials about whether he would remain in the U.S. while he awaits trial.
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal charges of human trafficking in Tennessee before deporting him to a country other than his homeland, El Salvador, once he is released from a detention facility in Tennessee, a federal prosecutor told a judge in Maryland on Thursday. Justice Department attorney Jonathan Guynn explained that the expulsion process would be headed towards a “third cou…
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