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Yahoo
2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Abrego Garcia asks to delay release from jail amid Trump threats of deportation
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked that he remain in a Tennessee jail for several more weeks after the Trump administration said it plans to swiftly deport him to a third country if he is released. The Friday filing from Abrego Garcia's team in his Tennessee criminal case comes after prosecutors told a Maryland judge Thursday they would plan to deport the man to a country other than El Salvador if he was released from custody. 'Because we cannot put any faith in any representation made on this issue by the DOJ, we respectfully request to delay the issuance of the release order,' the attorneys wrote, saying the Justice Department must 'provide reliable information concerning its intentions.' Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a megaprison in El Salvador despite a 2019 order from an immigration court judge barring his removal to his home country. Abrego Garcia spent months in the Salvadoran prison system despite multiple court orders directing the Trump administration to facilitate his return. He was brought back to the U.S. earlier this month as the Justice Department announced it would bring human trafficking charges against Abrego Garcia stemming from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee. A Tennessee judge ordered Abrego Garcia be released during the trial, finding he was not a flight risk or a public safety threat. In Thursday's court hearing in Maryland, prosecutors said they planned to deport Abrego Garcia to a third country other than El Salvador, though they said such plans were 'not imminent.' However, Abrego Garcia's lawyers noted in comments to The Associated Press that the Justice Department said Abrego Garcia would first face trial before being deported. 'The irony of this request is not lost on anyone. After illegally removing Mr. Abrego to El Salvador, the government retrieved him, brought him to this District, and indicted him on baseless charges. Mr. Abrego has spent the last two weeks contesting his unlawful detention under the Bail Reform Act. In a just world, he would not seek to prolong his detention further,' attorneys for Abrego Garcia wrote. 'And yet the government—a government that has, at all levels, told the American people that it is bringing Mr. Abrego back home to the United States to face 'American justice' —apparently has little interest in actually bringing this case to trial. Instead, it has chosen to bring Mr. Abrego back only to convict him in the court of public opinion, including with respect to allegations found nowhere in the actual charges.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Axios
2 days ago
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- Axios
Ábrego García asks the court not to release him to avoid second deportation
Kilmar Ábrego García asked a federal district judge on Friday to let him stay in jail in Tennessee to avoid being deported to an unknown " third country." Why it matters: For weeks, Ábrego García's legal team has been fighting for his release, but a new court filing shows it is raising questions about the Trump administration's legal strategy. What they're saying: In a court filing, the lawyers for Ábrego García asked the judge to delay his release until July 16 while slamming the charges that the Justice Department brought against him as "a sham of a criminal case." "[A] government that has, at all levels, told the American people that it is bringing Mr. Abrego back home to the United States to face 'American justice' — apparently has little interest in actually bringing this case to trial," the filing wrote. "Instead, it has chosen to bring Mr. Abrego back only to convict him in the court of public opinion, including with respect to allegations found nowhere in the actual charges." Catch up quick: The DOJ told a federal judge on Thursday that it is planning to take Ábrego García into ICE custody and deport him as soon as he is released from jail. It is unclear when — or if — a second deportation is going to take place. Shortly after the court hearing, the White House disputed the plan, saying Ábrego García will "face the full force of the American justice system — including serving time in American prison for the crimes he's committed."
The Hill
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Abrego Garcia asks to delay release from jail amid Trump threats of deportation
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked that he remain in a Tennessee jail for several more weeks after the Trump administration said they plan to swiftly deport him to a third country if he is released. The Friday filing from Abrego Garcia's team in his Tennessee criminal case comes after prosecutors on Thursday told a Maryland judge they would plan to deport the man to a country other than El Salvador if he was released from custody. 'Because we cannot put any faith in any representation made on this issue by the DOJ, we respectfully request to delay the issuance of the release order,' the attorneys wrote, saying that the Justice Department must 'provide reliable information concerning its intentions.' Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a megaprison in El Salvador despite a 2019 order from an immigration court judge barring his removal to his home country. Abrego Garcia spent months in the Salvadoran prison system despite multiple court orders directing the Trump administration to facilitate his return. He was brought back to the U.S. earlier this month as the Justice Department announced it would bring human trafficking charges against Abrego Garcia stemming from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee. A Tennessee judge ordered Abrego Garcia be released during the trial, finding he was not a flight risk or a public safety threat. In Thursday's court hearing in Maryland, prosecutors said they planned to deport Abrego Garcia to a third country other than El Salvador, though they said such plans were 'not imminent.' However, Abrego Garcia's lawyers noted that in comments to The Associated Press, the Justice Department said that Abrego Garcia would first face trial before being deported. 'The irony of this request is not lost on anyone. After illegally removing Mr. Abrego to El Salvador, the government retrieved him, brought him to this District, and indicted him on baseless charges. Mr. Abrego has spent the last two weeks contesting his unlawful detention under the Bail Reform Act. In a just world, he would not seek to prolong his detention further,' attorneys for Abrego Garcia wrote. 'And yet the government—a government that has, at all levels, told the American people that it is bringing Mr. Abrego back home to the United States to face 'American justice' —apparently has little interest in actually bringing this case to trial. Instead, it has chosen to bring Mr. Abrego back only to convict him in the court of public opinion, including with respect to allegations found nowhere in the actual charges.'
Politico
2 days ago
- Politics
- Politico
Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks judge to keep him detained to avoid snap deportation
Just days after winning court-ordered release from criminal detention, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is pleading with a judge to keep him incarcerated — because of conflicting statements by the Trump administration about whether it will try to quickly deport him upon release. 'The irony of this request is not lost on anyone,' Abrego's lawyers said in a five-page filingFriday asking to postpone his release from custody. 'In a just world, he would not seek to prolong his detention further. And yet the government — a government that has, at all levels, told the American people that it is bringing Mr. Abrego back home to the United States to face 'American justice' — apparently has little interest in actually bringing this case to trial.' The emergency motion is the latest twist for Abrego, who was illegally deported to El Salvador in March, despite a 2019 court order finding he could be targeted for violence by a local gang. The Trump administration resisted court orders to return him to the United States but agreed to bring him back earlier this month to face criminal human smuggling charges in Tennessee. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges. A magistrate judge ordered Abrego's release from pretrial detention on Sunday, concluding that the administration had failed to support claims that Abrego posed a danger or might flee his prosecution. Though he was widely expected to be immediately re-detained by immigration officials, the Justice Department began signaling that the administration might abruptly deport Abrego before his criminal case could go to trial. The federal judge presiding over Abrego's case expressed bewilderment Wednesday that the Justice Department appeared at odds with the Department of Homeland Security on the matter and suggested the administration coordinate its handling of the case. But the matter plunged into further confusion Thursday after the Justice Department told another federal judge — Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis — that prosecutors expected Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to immediately launch proceedings to send Abrego to a 'third country' — not his native El Salvador — with no firm timeline. And on Thursday night, the White House contradicted the Justice Department, calling the claim that Abrego could be deported before trial — made by its own lawyers in court documents and oral arguments — 'fake news.'
India Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Trump admin to put wrongly deported man on trial before deporting him again
President Donald Trump's administration is planning to deport migrant Kilmar Abrego for a second time, but does not plan to send him back to El Salvador, where he was wrongly deported in March, a lawyer for the administration told a judge on deportation will not happen until after Abrego is tried in federal court on migrant smuggling charges, a White House spokesperson will face the full force of the American justice system - including serving time in American prison for the crimes he's committed," the spokesperson, Abigail Jackson, wrote in a post on X. Sean Hecker, a lawyer for Abrego in the criminal case, accused the White House and the Justice Department of making "contradictory statements.""No one has any idea whether there are concrete plans for our client, or what those plans are," Hecker said in a on Thursday, Justice Department lawyer Jonathan Guynn said during a hearing in federal court in Maryland that the United States does not have "imminent plans" to remove Abrego, a Salvadoran national, from the United deported, Abrego would be sent to a third country and not El Salvador, Guynn said. He did not name the was deported and imprisoned in El Salvador in March despite a 2019 judicial decision barring him from being sent there because of the risk of Trump administration brought Abrego back to the United States this month to face federal criminal charges accusing him of transporting migrants living illegally in the United States. He has pleaded not case of Abrego, 29, who had been living in Maryland with his wife, a US citizen, and their young son, has become a flashpoint over Trump's hardline immigration federal judge overseeing Abrego's criminal case ordered him released ahead of trial as early as Friday, but the Trump administration has said it plans to immediately take him into immigration lawyers have asked that he be kept in Maryland and that the Justice Department, which is prosecuting the criminal case, and the Department of Homeland Security, which handles immigration proceedings, ensure he is not deported while the criminal case is judges in Maryland, where Abrego is suing over the March deportation, and Tennessee, where criminal charges were filed, are both yet to rule on Abrego's McGuire, the top federal prosecutor in Nashville, Tennessee, told US Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes at a hearing in the criminal case on Wednesday that he would coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security as best as he could but ultimately could not control their decisions about where to house Abrego and whether to deport him.- Ends IN THIS STORY#Donald Trump
