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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn. Brett Carlsen/AP hide caption toggle caption Brett Carlsen/AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges, according to a Saturday court filing. The Costa Rica offer came late Thursday, after it was clear that the Salvadoran …

The Trump administration may try to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security official and a notice sent by government officials obtained by CBS News. Hours after Abrego Garcia — who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year — was released from pre-trial detention in Tennessee on Friday, his attorneys were …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who was wrongfully deported to an El Salvador prison and accused of being a member of the gang MS-13, was released from federal custody on Friday afternoon after a judge’s 30-day pause on his release expired. U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes in the Middle District of Tennessee ordered Abrego Garcia’s release from a jail near …

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador only to be brought back to the U.S. to face smuggling charges, asked a federal judge in Nashville on Tuesday to dismiss his indictment, calling it a “vindictive and selective prosecution” by the Trump administration. The attorneys claimed the Trump administration is only prosecuting Abrego Garcia for alleged …

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody  Politico Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from federal custody  NBC News ICE can’t immediately detain Ábrego García ahead of Tennessee trial, judge says  Axios Migrant Abrego wins release from US jail as he faces smuggling charges  Reuters Abrego Garcia to remain behind bars for at least a month even as judge rejects …

A magistrate judge on Wednesday paused Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release from federal custody, shortly after a separate judge ruled that the man, who was mistakenly deported in March to El Salvador, should be released while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes in the Middle District of Tennessee ordered Abrego’s release from federal custody paused for …

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay releasing him from jail in order to prevent the Trump administration from trying to swiftly deport the Maryland construction worker. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. in Nashville is expected to rule soon on whether to free Abrego Garcia while he awaits trial on human smuggling …

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge in Tennessee could rule Wednesday on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail to await trial on human smuggling charges, a decision that could allow President Donald Trump’s administration to try to deport the Salvadoran national for a second time. Lawyers for the Justice Department have said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …