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

Sworn testimony is expected next, with Abrego Garcia pursuing a 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 prolonged a temporary order preventing Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s removal and scheduled an Oct. 6 evidentiary hearing.
  • The judge said she expects to rule within 30 days of the hearing and ordered that he remain in ICE custody within 200 miles of her Maryland courtroom.
  • Xinis indicated she intends to hear testimony from Trump administration officials about efforts to re-deport him.
  • Abrego Garcia has moved to reopen his immigration case to seek asylum, has filed a fear claim contesting removal to Uganda, and has indicated a preference for Costa Rica if removal occurs.
  • He was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March despite a 2019 order barring removal there, was returned in June, and now faces federal migrant-transport charges to which he has pleaded not guilty.