A Maryland judge has ruled that Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia cannot be deported to Uganda or elsewhere until at least Oct. 6, when the government must present evidence to justify expelling him.
Maryland District Judge Paula Xinis further ordered that Abrego, who was detained Monday after keeping an appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement following his release from a Tennessee jail last week, must remain held in a detention center within 200 miles of where his proceedings are being heard, Univision reported Wednesday.
Abrego Garcia’s attorneys argued that federal agents had not informed them where he would be transferred or why he was detained after a judge had ordered his release. They later confirmed, by searching the ICE detainee locator, that he had been sent to the Abyon Farmville Detention Center in Virginia.
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