Kilmar Abrego Garcia Faces Potential Deportation to Uganda, Official Says Concerns are mounting for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a [nationality] individual, following a statement by an unnamed official indicating the possibility of their deportation to Uganda.

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The official's statement lacks specifics regarding the grounds for deportation, leaving many questions unanswered.

Crucially, it remains unclear whether Abrego Garcia has [mention relevant legal status, e.

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] Advocates are calling for a thorough review of Abrego Garcia's case, highlighting the potential human rights violations inherent in sending them to Uganda if [specify reasons why deportation is problematic, e.

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The situation underscores the ongoing debate surrounding immigration policies and the potential for human rights abuses in deportation cases.

The lack of clarity surrounding Abrego Garcia's case only emphasizes the need for greater transparency and due process in such matters.

Further developments in the case will be closely monitored.

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 TheNews.

Hours after Abrego Garcia — who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year — was in Tennessee on Friday, his attorneys were sent a court-required notice of his potential deportation to Uganda, the official said. 

The notice said he may be deported to the East African country "no earlier than 72 hours from now," not including weekends.

Earlier in the week, TheNews that Uganda had agreed to a U.S. request to accept deportees who are not its citizens, becoming the latest "third country" to strike a deportation agreement with the second Trump administration. 

A native of El Salvador, Abrego Garcia was held in a notorious Salvadoran prison for months, before being returned to the U.S. and jailed while awaiting trial on federal human smuggling charges. A judge ruled that he should be released from detention ahead of a trial set for January.

The Trump administration has indicated that if he's let out of jail, Immigration and Customs Enforcement could detain him and seek his removal from the U.S. yet again.

In 2019, an immigration judge ruled that Abrego Garcia cannot be deported to El Salvador because he feared persecution by local gangs in the Central American country. The Trump administration said he was deported there anyway due to an "administrative error."

Still, the government Abrego Garcia's deportation to Uganda or another "third country" other than El Salvador — a practice the Trump administration has increasingly used for undocumented immigrants in recent months.

Abrego Garcia plans to return to Maryland, where he lived with his family prior to his March deportation. Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled last month that the government must give him 72 hours' notice if it plans to initiate deportation proceedings. But she didn't prohibit the government from seeking his removal, writing that immigration agents "may take whatever action is available to them under the law."

TheNews has reached out to DHS and Abrego Garcia's attorneys for comment.