Overview

• ICE’s legal office notified Abrego Garcia’s attorneys Friday of plans to remove him to Uganda, providing the court‑ordered 72‑hour notice excluding weekends.
• U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes released him from federal criminal custody Friday with conditions to return to Maryland and check in with Pretrial Services and ICE.
• Defense lawyers say DOJ offered a plea that would send him to Costa Rica after a guilty plea and prison term, and they moved to dismiss the case as vindictive and selective prosecution.
• Sen. Chris Van Hollen met virtually with Abrego Garcia and pledged to press for due process, as Maryland Gov. Wes Moore urged that courts, not the executive branch, decide the case and advocates planned a morning rally at ICE’s Baltimore office.
• Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March in what officials called an administrative error, later returned and charged in Tennessee with human smuggling; he has pleaded not guilty as government claims of MS‑13 ties and domestic violence are contested in court.