Department of Justice requests a judge to deport Salvadoran Kilmar Abrego to Liberia
Department of Justice has already filed a formal request to send Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego to the African Continent
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion with District Judge Paula Xinis to deport Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to Liberia, a nation located in Africa.
The battle waged by the federal government and Abrego's lawyers is far from over, given the back-and-forth in the case where the Central American is accused of being part of the criminal organization known as Mara Salvatrucha M-S13, specifically involved in human trafficking.
Since March, when he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Maryland, Kilmar Abrego has endured a true ordeal. In addition to being transferred from one detention center to another, at one point he was temporarily deported to El Salvador, where he spent several days at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT).
Once pressure from various immigrant support organizations forced the U.S. government to return the 30-year-old Salvadoran, he faced a new problem: a trial.
However, the idea of ??transferring him to a third country while his legal status is determined is gaining traction.
Through a document, the DOJ asked Judge Xinis to overturn the ruling she issued this summer to prevent the deportation.
“The petitioner’s claims are procedurally barred on multiple occasions and, in any case, lack merit. Therefore, this Court should revoke the injunction and authorize the government to transfer the petitioner to Liberia,” she wrote.
Authorities claim that sending Abrego Garcia does not pose any threat to him, contrary to what his legal team tries to portray.
On the other hand, the Central American immigrant’s advocates mention that, despite the existence of conditions that would allow him to be received in Costa Rica as an alternative to deportation, the U.S. government refuses to agree.
“The chronology suggests a pattern:“When the government received orders it didn't like in the civil case of Abrego Garcia, who was challenging his illegal expulsion to El Salvador, it initiated retaliatory criminal proceedings; and when it received orders it didn't like in the criminal case of Abrego Garcia, it initiated retaliatory expulsion efforts to a third country,” they state.