Judge extends Abrego Garcia deportation ban
By: John Bacon
USA Today
..... Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation case made him a symbol of President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration agenda, cannot be deported again unit at least October, [2025] a federal judge ordered August 27. [2025]
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District Judge Paula Xinis set an evidential hearing Oct 6 [2025] and prohibited Abrego Garcia's removal form the United States until Xinis makes her ruling. The judge said she would do so within 30 days of the hearing.
..... Abrego Garcia, 30, filed his native El Salvador at age 16 to live with his brother in Maryland.
..... His court cases began in March, [2025] when he was detained after a traffic stop near his home in Beltsville, Maryland. Next, he was wrongfully exiled to a Salvadoran mega--prison
..... He was returned to the United States in June [2025] but remained in custody until last week, [08/20/2025] when he was released in Tennessee and returned to his home in the Washington suburb of Belteville, Maryland. Three days later he was back in custody, setting off another round of legal actions.
..... For now he is being held in ICE detention in Virginia and has renewed his bid for asylum in the United states. A similar bid was rejected in 2019 because he failed to apply within 12 months of arriving in the United States.
..... The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia as a MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator. He has denied all those claims.
..... Abrego Garcia's lawyers say U.S. officials have offered to deport him to Costa Rica if he pleaded guilty to transportation migrants living illegally in the United States. when he declined to enter a guilty plea, the U.S. government warned he could be deported to Uganda.
..... One of his lawyers, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, said earlier this week [08/25/2025] that plea discussion have taken place to avoid deportation to Uganda, which they say would be more dangerous.
..... Contributing: Reuters