Judge Blocks Deportation of Salvadoran Migrant

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administrations Plan to Deport Salvadoran Migrant to Liberia

A federal judge in Maryland has temporarily halted the Trump administrations plan to deport Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia. This latest ruling by Judge Paula Xinis upholds her previous decisions and prevents the government from removing Abrego Garcia from the United States to Liberia at this time.

The acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently requested that Xinis lift her injunction, arguing that the Department of Homeland Security would ignore Abrego Garcias preference for Costa Rica and send him to Liberia instead. The director warned that canceling talks with Liberia might damage United States diplomatic trust.

Abrego Garcias case began last March when he was sent back to El Salvador despite a prior court block on that move. An immigration judge in 2019 had halted his removal there due to gang persecution fears, and Xinis ordered his quick return to the US, sparking a year of court battles across multiple venues.

Last month, Xinis issued a preliminary block on deportations to countries like Uganda, Ghana, Eswatini, or Liberia. She cited a lack of proof that those nations would accept him without sending him back to El Salvador, where he faces threats.

The Department of Homeland Security maintains that Abrego Garcia has lived in the US illegally with alleged MS-thirteen gang links, claims his lawyers reject. Trump officials have criticized judges like Xinis as overreaching activists, but for now, her order stands as the legal battle continues.

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