The attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongfully deported to a notorious El Salvadoran prison and later returned to the U.S., said he expects him to be detained by immigration officials again on Monday.

Abrego Garcia, who was released from criminal custody in Tennessee on Friday while he awaits federal trial, has been told to report to an ICE detention center in Baltimore on Monday, attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said during an interview with All Things Considered that aired on Sunday.

  • ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
    69·
    23 hours ago

    “I don’t see any need for ICE to detain him. They’ve got him right now,” Sandoval-Moshenberg said, saying that Abrego Garcia is being monitored electronically by the U.S. Marshals Service through a GPS ankle bracelet. “But that said, I expect that ICE will take him into detention because, well, pretty much that’s what they do. They have said they’re going to try to deport him.”

    Imagine just being a random guy and suddenly the US government chooses to fuck you over in particular, for no real rhyme or reason. You just become this national household name as the random guy the government decided it hates ‘just because’

    Abrego Garcia was happy to be back with his family and friends over the weekend, even if for a short time, Sandoval-Moshenberg said.

    ”He arrived in Maryland at around 3 in the morning on Saturday. His whole family, including his 5-year-old child, were still awake, waiting to receive him. He’s, you know, he’s really happy to be back with his family, with his friends, but it could prove to be a short-lived reprieve."

    • blattrules@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      Yeah, I keep thinking about this too - the government just decided to continue fucking this guy over just because they made a mistake and refuse to acknowledge it.

    • Typhoon@lemmy.ca
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      18 hours ago

      Imagine just being a random guy and suddenly the US government chooses to fuck you over in particular, for no real rhyme or reason.

      There are going to be a LOT of people like this until Americans stand up and make it stop. Until then they’ll keep working down their list of people to persecute.