Overview

• Abrego Garcia was released Friday from pretrial detention in Tennessee and is scheduled to report Monday to ICE’s Baltimore field office.
• Federal officials are pursuing his removal to Uganda under an arrangement to accept deportees, according to recent reporting.
• He continues to face U.S. human-smuggling charges in Tennessee after being returned to the country earlier this summer.
• Court filings show he declined a plea offer that would have allowed post-sentence relocation to Costa Rica with refugee or residency status.
• Sen. Chris Van Hollen met virtually with Abrego Garcia and his wife Sunday, pledged to press for due process protections, and advocates with CASA plan a rally before the check-in.