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ICE Moves Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Pennsylvania Detention Center

The relocation follows defense objections to Farmville access, raising fresh questions about attorney contact.

Overview

  • Abrego Garcia was transferred Friday morning to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, according to court filings, and DHS confirmed the move.
  • An ICE official told him the transfer would allow greater access to his legal team, though his attorneys said it is not yet clear that access will improve.
  • Defense lawyers said travel to Moshannon is harder for their Nashville‑based team and no easier for New York counsel than the prior site in Farmville, Virginia.
  • In filings, the defense cited reports about Moshannon that include assaults, inadequate medical care, insufficient food, and a detainee suicide in August.
  • He was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March and later returned to the U.S.; the government has described him as MS‑13 and signaled plans to deport him to Uganda, claims his attorneys dispute while seeking to halt removal.