Abrego Garcia Removal to Uganda Temporarily Blocked by Judge
Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Baltimore on Monday.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/BloombergA judge in Maryland temporarily blocked the US from deporting Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, hours after President Donald Trump hailed the man’s latest arrest by federal agents.
US Judge Paula Xinis ruled Monday that Abrego Garcia must remain in his current detention facility at least until further proceedings are scheduled. He was arrested earlier in the day during a mandatory check-in with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s field office in Baltimore.