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August 26, 2025

"Absolutely Forbidden": Federal Judge Blocks Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting
Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia, following his rearrest by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On Monday morning, agents at ICE's
office in Baltimore took Abrego Garcia back into custody after he
presented himself for a check-in. He had been free for just three days,
following more than five months of detention, including time in the
notorious CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador, to which the Trump
administration admitted he was wrongfully deported in an "administrative
error."

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the Trump
administration not to follow through with its plans to send Abrego
Garcia to Uganda - a country he has no ties to. She told prosecutors,
"Your clients are absolutely forbidden at this juncture to remove Mr.
Abrego Garcia from the continental United States."


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