Trump admin tells court it still plans to deport Kilmar Garcia — but not to El Salvador

The Trump administration admitted its plan for accused gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia at an online hearing to decide his fate.

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‘If this Court does not act swiftly, then the Government is likely to whisk Abrego Garcia away.’

Garcia had been deported to the infamous prison for terrorists in El Salvador by the administration, but an order from the Supreme Court precipitated his return. The government then had him indicted on smuggling charges and vowed that he would not be set free on U.S. streets.

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Garcia’s attorneys are requesting that Xinis order the government to transport him to Maryland after his release from a jail in Tennessee. The request is intended to prevent the government from deporting him immediately upon release.

“We have concerns that the government may try to remove Mr. Abrego Garcia quickly over the weekend, something like that,” said lawyer Jonathan Cooper.

“We do plan to comply with the orders we’ve received from this court and other courts,” said Guynn. “But there’s no timeline for these specific proceedings.”

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A separate judge in Nashville, Tennessee, ruled that Garcia should be released while awaiting trial, after finding that the government had not presented enough evidence to rule him a flight risk or a threat to the community.

“If this Court does not act swiftly, then the Government is likely to whisk Abrego Garcia away to some place far from Maryland,” his attorneys wrote to Xinis.

Garcia has denied the allegations made by the government that he is a member of the heinous MS-13 gang.