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One day after a judge outlined the conditions for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s potential release on bail in his human smuggling case, his attorneys filed an emergency motion Thursday requesting that he be returned to Maryland while awaiting trial.
However, a government attorney informed U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis that if Abrego Garcia is released on bond, the administration intends to deport him to a country other than his native El Salvador, ABC News reported on Thursday.
Abrego Garcia, who was deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison despite a 2019 court order prohibiting his removal to that country due to fears of persecution, was returned to the United States earlier this month to face charges in Tennessee. He is accused of transporting undocumented migrants while residing in Maryland and has pleaded not guilty.
