Kilmar Abrego Garcia was rearrested during a check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and faces attempted deportation. A federal judge, Paula Xinis, ordered that Abrego Garcia be detained within the continental United States and indicated previous protective orders might be extended to block interim deportation. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced processing for deportation to Uganda, a country with a poor human rights record to which Abrego Garcia has no ties. Abrego Garcia's attorneys filed an emergency lawsuit; the judge barred removal from a Virginia federal detention facility while legal filings are prepared. The administration has previously moved detainees to remote prisons, delaying proceedings.
In a preliminary hearing in an emergency lawsuit filed by Abrego Garcia's attorneys on August 25, Xinis also ordered that he not be removed from a federal detention facility in Virginia as attorneys for both sides negotiate and prepare legal filings overnight. The Trump administration has previously disappeared high-profile immigration detainees into remote prisons far away from family and legal support, and used that tactic to delay proceedings.
The temporary order from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis came only hours after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced that Abrego García was being processed for deportation to Uganda, a nation with a dismal human rights record, and to which the Salvadoran national has no ties. The Trump administration has a long record of undermining and ignoring court orders, including in Abrego García's case.
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