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Abrego Garcia Transferred to Pennsylvania ICE Facility as Defense Flags Access and Safety Concerns

His lawyers question whether Moshannon Valley Processing Center will permit reliable access to meet with him.

FILE - Kilmar Abrego Garcia joins supporters in a protest rally outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, arrive for a check-in at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore on Aug. 25, 2025.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Overview

  • DHS confirmed the Friday transfer to Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, after attorneys disclosed the move in a court filing.
  • Defense counsel told the court that Farmville detention hindered meetings and said travel to Moshannon is harder for Nashville-based lawyers and not easier for those in New York.
  • Attorneys cited reports of assaults, inadequate medical care, insufficient food, and an August detainee suicide at Moshannon in raising safety concerns.
  • DHS publicly labeled Abrego Garcia an MS-13 member and violent offender, a characterization his lawyers and family dispute as he remains unconvicted.
  • He has pleaded not guilty to two federal human-smuggling charges in Tennessee after being wrongly deported to El Salvador earlier this year and later returned to the U.S.