Overview

• Abrego Garcia was taken into ICE custody at a scheduled check‑in in Baltimore, with DHS saying he was being processed for deportation.
• DHS notified his counsel that Uganda could be used as a removal destination, triggering a 72‑hour notice period referenced in recent Maryland rulings.
• U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a temporary order preventing deportation until a hearing determines his ability to challenge third‑country removal.
• Defense attorneys filed emergency litigation and argue the Uganda plan, following a rejected plea‑for‑relocation offer to Costa Rica, is coercive and vindictive.
• He remains under federal indictment on human‑smuggling charges tied to a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop, after the government previously acknowledged his March deportation to El Salvador was an administrative error.