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ICE Transfers Abrego Garcia to Pennsylvania Detention Center After Virginia Access Dispute

Defense lawyers say the Pennsylvania placement hampers access to counsel.

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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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Overview

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia was moved Friday from the Farmville Detention Center in Virginia to ICE’s Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, according to court filings, and DHS confirmed the transfer.
  • ICE told counsel the relocation would allow greater attorney access, but defense lawyers said travel to Moshannon is harder for their Nashville team and no easier for New York counsel, and it is not yet clear access has improved.
  • Defense filings flagged conditions at Moshannon as troubling, citing an August detainee death by hanging along with reports of assaults, inadequate medical care, and insufficient food.
  • A DHS spokesperson described Abrego Garcia as an MS-13 member and serious offender, characterizations he and his attorneys dispute.
  • He remains in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings, with a Maryland evidentiary hearing on removal issues set for Oct. 6 and a federal human-smuggling trial in Tennessee scheduled for Jan. 27, 2026, where he has pleaded not guilty.