U.S. Homeland Security Plans to Deport Abrego Garcia to Ghana
After a botched deportation to El Salvador and failed plans to send him to Eswatini or Uganda, the U.S. government now lists Ghana as Abrego Garcia’s next destination.
- DHS informs attorneys of plan to deport Abrego Garcia to Ghana
- Attorneys to appear in court Friday as case continues amid due process concerns
- Garcia was previously deported to El Salvador despite a court order blocking his removal
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has informed attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia that it now intends to deport him to Ghana, marking yet another unexpected turn in his long-running immigration saga.
According to a notice sent to his legal team, the department has shifted from its earlier plans to deport him to Eswatini or Uganda.
Garcia’s attorneys are set to appear in court on Friday for an evidentiary hearing, during which government officials are expected to testify on the efforts made to remove him from the United States.
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, had been living in Maryland with his wife and children before being wrongly deported to El Salvador in March — despite a 2019 court order prohibiting his removal to that country over fears of persecution.
The Trump administration had previously accused him of gang affiliation with MS-13, an allegation his family and lawyers strongly deny.
He was returned to the U.S. in June to face human smuggling charges in Tennessee, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
After being temporarily released into his brother’s custody in Maryland, immigration authorities detained him again, citing plans for another deportation.
Just last week, an immigration judge denied a motion from his attorneys to reopen his immigration case, leaving his legal status uncertain as the DHS pursues deportation to Ghana.
