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NEW: Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego Garca's request to reopen case
WaPo - Gift LinkA U.S. immigration judge rejected Kilmar Abrego García’s request to reopen his deportation case on Wednesday, dismissing the Maryland man’s argument that he faced “imminent removal to Uganda” despite the Trump administration’s repeated threats to send him to the African nation.
Immigration Judge Philip P. Taylor found “insufficient evidence” to show that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda, according to a copy of the decision reviewed by The Washington Post. The administrative immigration courts fall under the Justice Department and are not part of the traditional federal courts.
Lawyers for Abrego had filed an emergency motion in August asking the immigration court in Baltimore to reconsider his deportation in part because government attorneys and federal officials said he faced removal to Uganda within days. On Aug. 25, the Department of Homeland Security said of Abrego in a social media post: “He will be processed for removal to Uganda.”
In his ruling, Taylor wrote that Abrego “has not submitted evidence to show that the Department has presented him with a formal notice of removal or any other document showing its intent to remove him to Uganda.”
He said a government lawyer said it “may remove him to Uganda,” and not necessarily that it would. Officials have also said they could remove him to Eswatini or Costa Rica.
Immigration Judge Philip P. Taylor found “insufficient evidence” to show that the Trump administration would send Abrego to Uganda, according to a copy of the decision reviewed by The Washington Post. The administrative immigration courts fall under the Justice Department and are not part of the traditional federal courts.
Lawyers for Abrego had filed an emergency motion in August asking the immigration court in Baltimore to reconsider his deportation in part because government attorneys and federal officials said he faced removal to Uganda within days. On Aug. 25, the Department of Homeland Security said of Abrego in a social media post: “He will be processed for removal to Uganda.”
In his ruling, Taylor wrote that Abrego “has not submitted evidence to show that the Department has presented him with a formal notice of removal or any other document showing its intent to remove him to Uganda.”
He said a government lawyer said it “may remove him to Uganda,” and not necessarily that it would. Officials have also said they could remove him to Eswatini or Costa Rica.