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Federal judges in two states on Friday will consider challenges to the government’s treatment of Kilmer Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported. El Salvador strong opposition from the President donald trump’s comprehensive immigration policy and mass deportation agenda.
In marylandAbrego García has challenged efforts to deport him again to a third country after the government acknowledged that a previous order prevents his deportation to his home country of El Salvador. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently said it plans to deport him to the southern country African Edini’s country.
U.S. District Judge Paula Zinis has ordered government officials to testify Friday about what steps they have taken to remove Abrego Garcia to Eswatini or another country. His lawyers have alleged that republican The administration is trying to use the illegal immigration system to punish Abrego García after the embarrassment of his wrongful deportation.
Meanwhile, criminal court lawyers in Tennessee have made similar claims about human trafficking charges filed against Abrego García in June, the same day he returned to the US from El Salvador. A Tennessee judge has concluded that the prosecution of Abrego Garcia may be illegal retaliation after he successfully sued the Trump administration over his deportation.
The trafficking charge is related to a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee. He was not charged at the time, and agents did not begin investigating the stop until earlier this year when Abrego García’s wife sued over his deportation. Friday’s hearing will determine what types of documents Abrego García’s lawyers can seek to prove their retaliation case.
Trump administration officials have conducted a persistent public relations campaign against Abrego García, repeatedly referring to him as a member of the MS-13 gang, among other things, despite the fact that he has not been convicted of any crime.