US immigration officials intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined a Costa Rica offer that required pleading guilty and staying in jail. The offer arrived late Thursday; Abrego declined and was released Friday to await trial in Maryland with his family. DHS notified his attorneys that he may be removed to Uganda and ordered him to report to ICE's Baltimore office. Abrego entered the US without permission around 2011 fleeing gang violence and had a federal protection order against deportation to El Salvador. He was wrongly deported in March; officials accused him of MS-13 ties, which he and his family deny.
The Costa Rica offer came late on Thursday, after it was clear that the Salvadorian national would probably be released from a Tennessee jail the following day. Abrego declined to extend his stay in jail and was released on Friday to await trial in Maryland with his family. Later that day, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) notified his attorneys that he would be deported to Uganda and should report to immigration authorities on Monday.
Abrego entered the US without permission in about 2011 as a teenager after fleeing gang violence. He was subsequently afforded a federal protection order against deportation to El Salvador. The 30-year-old was initially deported by federal immigration officials in March. Though the Trump administration admitted that Abrego's deportation was an administrative error, officials have repeatedly accused him of being affiliated with the MS-13 gang, a claim Abrego and his family vehemently deny.
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