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Judge Hears Arguments on Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Africa

Uganda and Ghana have already refused to take him, but the government is still negotiating with the nation of Eswatini.
Judge Hears Arguments on Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Africa
Kilmar Abrego Garcia joins supporters in a protest rally outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Aug. 25, 2025. Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo
Stacy Robinson
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GREENBELT, Md.—A federal judge heard arguments on Oct. 10 as lawyers for Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia pressed for his release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

His attorneys argued that U.S. immigration laws allow illegal immigrants to be detained for up to 90 days, but only pending deportation. Abrego Garcia has been in one form of custody or another since his arrest in March, they said.

Stacy Robinson
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Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]