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Thu Jul 10, 2025, 08:35 PM Jul 10

Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Mexico or South Sudan, ICE official tells judge

Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Mexico or South Sudan, ICE official tells judge

The Associated Press
July 10, 2025, 7:35 PM

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — The Trump administration hasn’t decided where it would deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia if he is freed from a Tennessee jail, but a U.S. immigration official said Thursday that Mexico and South Sudan could be willing to accept the El Salvador native.

Thomas Giles, an assistant director for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, testified in a Maryland federal court that ICE would detain Abrego Garcia as soon as he’s released to await trial on human smuggling charges.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis is considering Abrego Garcia’s request to order the U.S. government to send him to Maryland instead, a bid aimed at preventing the Trump administration from trying to deport him again.

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