US will try to deport Abrego Garcia before his trial, Justice Department attorney says [View all]
Source: Associated Press via WTOP
US will try to deport Abrego Garcia before his trial, Justice Department attorney says
The Associated Press
July 7, 2025, 4:27 PM
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Supporters of Kilmar Abrego Garcia rally outside of the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., where a hearing was scheduled to be held on returning him to Maryland, Monday, July 7, 2025.
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- The U.S. government would initiate deportation proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he's released from jail before he stands trial on human smuggling charges in Tennessee, a Justice Department attorney told a federal judge in Maryland on Monday.
The disclosure by U.S. lawyer Jonathan Guynn contradicts statements by spokespeople for the Justice Department and the White House, who said last month that Abrego Garcia would stand trial and possibly spend time in an American prison before the government moves to deport him.
Guynn made the revelation during a federal court hearing in Maryland, where Abrego Garcia's American wife is suing the Trump administration over his mistaken deportation in March and trying to prevent him from being expelled again. ... Guynn said U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement would detain Abrego Garcia once he's released from jail and send him to a "third country" that isn't his native El Salvador. However, Guynn said he didn't know which country that would be.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said trying to determine what will happen to Abrego Garcia has been "like trying to nail Jello to a wall." She scheduled a hearing for Thursday for U.S. officials to explain possible next steps if Abrego Garcia is released.
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Check over in GD for more about this, because DUer In It to Win It posts extensively there about the many trials involving deportation. He adds a legal perspective that I cannot.
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