Plans for the illegal migrant’s deportation have been on hold since Aug. 26, when Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered that he remain detained in the U.S. until an evidentiary hearing is held.
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“As you know, the United States seeks to remove you from the United States based on your final order of removal. Currently, you are designated to be removed to Uganda,” the email states. “Your attorney has informed us, however, that you fear persecution or torture in Uganda. That claim of fear is hard to take seriously, especially given that you have claimed (through your attorneys) that you fear persecution or torture in at least 22 different countries.”
The countries Abrego Garcia allegedly feared include El Salvador, Uganda, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti.
“Nonetheless, we hereby notify you that your new country of removal is Eswatini, Africa,” the email concludes.
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Released from a Tennessee prison on Aug. 22, Abrego Garcia was taken again by federal immigration authorities early Aug. 25, with the administration seeking to deport him to Africa or Central America. Xinis, however, temporarily halted the deportation that afternoon, saying federal officials were “absolutely forbidden at this juncture to remove Mr. Abrego Garcia from the continental United States.”
According to Abrego Garcia’s attorneys, the Trump administration offered him the option of either pleading guilty to the human smuggling charges — then being deported to Costa Rica after serving a sentence — or facing deportation to Uganda.
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Abrego Garcia Being Deported To Country You Probably Never Heard Of