One day after a judge specified the conditions for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s possible bail release in his human smuggling case, his attorneys submitted an emergency motion on 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 granted bond, the administration plans to deport him to a country other than his home nation of El Salvador, as reported by ABC News on Thursday.
Abrego Garcia, who was deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison despite a 2019 court ruling that prohibited his removal to that country due to concerns of persecution, was brought back to the United States earlier this month to face charges in Tennessee. He is accused of transporting undocumented migrants while living in Maryland and has entered a plea of not guilty.
