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Judge Extends Ban on Abrego Garcia’s Deportation, Sets Oct. 6 Hearing

He remains in ICE custody in Virginia pending his bid to reopen his case to seek asylum.

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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
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Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis kept in place an order barring Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s removal from the continental United States and required that he be held within 200 miles of her Maryland courtroom.
  • The court scheduled an evidentiary hearing for Oct. 6, and Xinis said she aims to issue a ruling within 30 days of that date.
  • ICE detained the 30-year-old at a scheduled check-in in Baltimore on Monday after his release from a Tennessee jail, and he is now held at a Virginia detention center.
  • His lawyers told the judge he will move to reopen his immigration case and apply for asylum, asserting he fears persecution or torture if deported to Uganda.
  • The administration says it intends to deport him to Uganda; he has pleaded not guilty to separate human-smuggling charges, and officials previously acknowledged his March removal to El Salvador was an administrative error.