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Judges Press U.S. on Abrego Garcia as DHS Shifts Planned Removal to Ghana

Two courts are scrutinizing the government's handling of his case following a mistaken March deportation.

FILE - Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/KT Kanazawich)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, right, and his brother Cesar Abrego Garcia, center, arrive at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Overview

  • DHS notified attorneys it now intends to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Ghana, after previously naming Eswatini and Uganda.
  • In Maryland today, Judge Paula Xinis ordered a witness with first-hand knowledge to explain steps taken toward third-country removal and declined the Justice Department’s request to pause the case during the shutdown.
  • Abrego Garcia’s lawyers argue his detention is unlawful absent concrete, near-term removal plans, while a standing order currently bars his removal from the United States.
  • In Tennessee, the court is advancing discovery on claims of vindictive prosecution; Acting U.S. Attorney Robert McGuire said he will not produce senior-official communications, including any involving DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
  • Abrego Garcia did not appear at a Nashville status conference after officials cited too little time to transport him from Pennsylvania; he remains in ICE custody there and his criminal trial is set for Jan. 27.