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Judge Blocks Abrego Garcia’s Deportation Pending Oct. 6 Evidentiary Hearing

The ruling keeps him in custody near the Maryland court during his bid to reopen his asylum case.

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Supporters of Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, gather outside the ICE Baltimore field office on the day he appears for a check-in three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Demonstrators raise their fists on the day Kilmar Abrego, a migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, appears at the ICE Baltimore field office for a check-in three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis extended a temporary restraining order that prohibits removing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the United States for several weeks.
  • Xinis scheduled an Oct. 6 evidentiary hearing where administration officials are to testify about plans to deport him, including a proposed transfer to Uganda.
  • The court ordered that Abrego Garcia remain in immigration custody within a 200-mile radius of the Maryland courthouse, and he is currently detained in Virginia.
  • His lawyers filed a motion to reopen before an immigration judge to seek asylum in the U.S., asserting he risks persecution and torture if sent to Uganda.
  • Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March despite a 2019 order barring his removal there, was returned to the U.S. in June, and has pleaded not guilty to a Tennessee human-smuggling indictment.