Federal judge temporarily bans Abrego Garcia from deportation to Uganda

Federal judge in Maryland Monday Stops the Trump administration From the immediate deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after being arrested by ICE on Monday, it has dealt a temporary blow to the government’s efforts to remove immigrants from El Salvador, a centre of months-long court struggle.

Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Abrego Garcia’s attorney, filed an emergency motion after his client was taken to Baltimore’s immigration custody, after he released his pretrial release in a criminal detention facility in Tennessee.

The new document aims to prevent Abrego Garcia from evacuating Uganda until his immigration case can work through the appropriate channels to ensure proper procedures protection (including reasonable right to interview fears before dismissal, and the right to challenge challenges to certain countries due to the fear of persecution.

Judge Paula Xinis said on Monday she plans to move in quickly Weighing emergency requesttelling the Justice Department attorney and Abrego Garcia’s attorney privately granting a proposed briefing schedule and deemed Friday a possible date for evidence hearing.

Abrego Garcia is released from jail and will return to Maryland to await trial

At the beginning of the hearing, Sinis pointed out that she believed that the extension of the current temporary restraining order to prevent Abreg Garcia from evacuating the United States immediately was “necessary”, and that she was initial, given that he was waiting to evacuate him to Uganda, even if she emphasized that the message was emphasized before her, she was initial.

She still noted that the government’s plea offer between the daylight, which would have allowed him to be sent to Costa Rica as a free man in exchange for a guilty plea on criminal charges, as well as a lack of assurances for Uganda, an East African country that agreed to accept U.S. immigrants being deported from the country a few days ago.

Sinis noted that Uganda lacks any protections that Abreo Garcia can provide compared to the protections provided by Costa Rica, which is ensuring that Abrego Garcia lives freely in the country and that he “has a residence document or refugee status.”

Crucially, Uganda has not said that he would not be denied or sent back to El Salvador after being deported there.

“In this regard, there is currently no record in this regard.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer were seen outside the ice rink office in Baltimore, Maryland on August 25, 2025. (Breanne Deppisch/Fox News Number)

Although Sinis emphasized her previous message, the Trump administration “can certainly be right” by providing evidence to the contrary, but for the moment, that contrast is important. ”

She also ordered the Trump administration to keep Abrego Garcia in the same way before recessing the court Ice Detention The Virginia Center was relocated after being arrested Monday, and his attorney listed concerns that Ice will remove him again tonight.

Justice Department attorney Lieutenant Drew did not immediately rule out the possibility, prompting her to order him to be kept there.

She also repeatedly reiterated that the government must comply with the courts.

She made it clear that at this juncture, your client is absolutely banned from evacuating Mr. Abrego Garcia from the mainland. ”

Kilmar Abrego Garcia on the right and his brother Cesar Abrego Garcia, the center arrives at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in Baltimore, Monday, August 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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“I will take it from you as a court official,,,,, On behalf of your client, there is the fullest intention to comply with these orders,” Sinis said, before following up. “Is this accurate? ”

“It’s accurate, your honor,” the second lieutenant said.