US seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he refused plea offer in his smuggling case

[iluvtennis]

https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-deportation-uganda-el-savador-1a94ad82d88ddda56d669ce86bc77ff4?

Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges, his defense attorneys told a court Saturday.

The Costa Rica offer came late Thursday and included a requirement that he remain in jail, according to a brief filed in Tennessee, where the criminal case was brought. After Abrego Garcia left jail on Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement notified his attorneys that he would be deported to Uganda and should report to immigration authorities on Monday.

Later on Friday, “the government informed Mr. Abrego that he has until first thing Monday morning — precisely when he must report to ICE’s Baltimore Field Office — to accept a plea in exchange for deportation to Costa Rica, or else that offer will be off the table forever,” his defense attorneys wrote.

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The smuggling charges stem from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee for speeding. There were nine passengers in the car, and officers discussed among themselves their suspicions of smuggling. However, Abrego Garcia was allowed to continue driving with only a warning.

A Department of Homeland Security agent later testified that he didn’t begin investigating the traffic stop until this April, when the government was facing mounting pressure to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S.

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Don the COn's DOJ just making up the process & procedures. SO DISGUSTING.

Fingers crosses Garcia's lawyers can prevent this shit.

[Walleye]

1. Nazi Stephen Miller will not be defied or else

[hildegaard28]

2. The governor

Of Maryland should make sure he has a 24/7 police detail and have the swat team on call in case ICE does show up to illegally kidnap and deport him. If they try to kidnap him, the swat team should arrest every one sent and charge them with attempted kidnapping.

[Takket]

3. amazing the audacity of these monsters........

you know the Garcia case in particular made drumpf's approval on immigration crater. it is FAR FAR more effective with the public to focus on the injustices done to one person, with a face we all know, than to quote statistics. That's why Garcia has hurt drumpf far more than any of the hundreds and thousands of people suffering similar atrocities every day.

So... knowing that......... you would think they would just leave the guy alone, and let the story fade from the public eye. But they just can't help themselves. They are just so cruel, and sadistic, and the cruelty is just such an enjoyable sport for them, they that are salivating to hurt him again.

[iluvtennis]

4. Exactly. n/t