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Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia return to court as his deportation saga continues
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia return to court as his deportation saga continues
A government witness said that Eswatini has not agreed to receive Abrego Garcia.
By Laura Romero
October 10, 2025, 2:32 PM ET • 7 min read
Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia went to court in Maryland on Friday for an evidentiary hearing in which government witnesses are expected to testify about the steps taken to remove him from the United States.
The hearing came after U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis appeared exasperated on Monday with government attorneys who could not answer if there was additional evidence about plans to deport him to Eswatini, a country in southern Africa, beyond letters sent to Abrego Garcia's lawyers.
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday notified Abrego Garcia -- who is a Salvadoran national -- that it planned to deport him to Ghana. The agency told his attorneys later that the notice was "premature" and asked them to disregard the document.
Salvadoran migrant and US resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia looks on as his supporters address the press as he arrives at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Baltimore, Aug. 25, 2025.
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
Ghana's foreign minister, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, said in a Friday X post that the West African nation is not accepting Abrego Garcia. … "This has been directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities," he wrote. "In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles would not be expanded."
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A government witness said that Eswatini has not agreed to receive Abrego Garcia.
By Laura Romero
October 10, 2025, 2:32 PM ET • 7 min read
Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia went to court in Maryland on Friday for an evidentiary hearing in which government witnesses are expected to testify about the steps taken to remove him from the United States.
The hearing came after U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis appeared exasperated on Monday with government attorneys who could not answer if there was additional evidence about plans to deport him to Eswatini, a country in southern Africa, beyond letters sent to Abrego Garcia's lawyers.
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday notified Abrego Garcia -- who is a Salvadoran national -- that it planned to deport him to Ghana. The agency told his attorneys later that the notice was "premature" and asked them to disregard the document.
Salvadoran migrant and US resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia looks on as his supporters address the press as he arrives at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Baltimore, Aug. 25, 2025.
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
Ghana's foreign minister, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, said in a Friday X post that the West African nation is not accepting Abrego Garcia. … "This has been directly and unambiguously conveyed to US authorities," he wrote. "In my interactions with US officials, I made clear that our understanding to accept a limited number of non-criminal West Africans, purely on the grounds of African solidarity and humanitarian principles would not be expanded."
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