Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Uganda, official says

Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from detention

Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from jail, plans to instrumentality to Maryland earlier trial 04:04

The Trump medication whitethorn effort to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, according to a elder Department of Homeland Security authoritative and a announcement sent by authorities officials obtained by CBS News.

Hours aft Abrego Garcia — who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this twelvemonth — was released from pre-trial detention successful Tennessee connected Friday, his attorneys were sent a court-required announcement of his imaginable deportation to Uganda, the authoritative said. 

The announcement said helium whitethorn beryllium deported to the East African state "no earlier than 72 hours from now," not including weekends.

Earlier successful the week, CBS News was archetypal to report that Uganda had agreed to a U.S. petition to judge deportees who are not its citizens, becoming the latest "third country" to onslaught a deportation statement with the 2nd Trump administration.

A autochthonal of El Salvador, Abrego Garcia was held successful a notorious Salvadoran situation for months, earlier being returned to the U.S. and jailed portion awaiting proceedings connected national quality smuggling charges. A justice ruled that helium should beryllium released from detention up of a proceedings acceptable for January.

The Trump medication has indicated for months that if he's fto retired of jail, Immigration and Customs Enforcement could detain him and question his removal from the U.S. yet again.

In 2019, an migration justice ruled that Abrego Garcia cannot beryllium deported to El Salvador due to the fact that helium feared persecution by section gangs successful the Central American country. The Trump medication said helium was deported determination anyhow owed to an "administrative error."

Still, the authorities could legally seek Abrego Garcia's deportation to Uganda oregon different "third country" different than El Salvador — a signifier the Trump medication has progressively utilized for undocumented immigrants successful caller months.

Abrego Garcia plans to instrumentality to Maryland, wherever helium lived with his household anterior to his March deportation. Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled past period that the authorities indispensable springiness him 72 hours' announcement if it plans to initiate deportation proceedings. But she didn't prohibit the authorities from seeking his removal, penning that migration agents "may instrumentality immoderate enactment is disposable to them nether the law."

CBS News has reached retired to DHS and Abrego Garcia's attorneys for comment.