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Salvadoran Immigrant Faces Controversial Deportation to Liberia

11/21/2025

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant, faces deportation to Liberia despite a 2019 ruling barring removal to El Salvador.
In March 2025, he was mistakenly deported and returned in June 2025 to face human smuggling charges.
Abrego Garcia's attorneys say the U.S. President Donald Trump administration's deportations to African nations are retaliatory.
A federal judge expressed frustration with lack of clarity and absence of a final removal order.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant, faces deportation to Liberia despite a 2019 ruling barring removal to El Salvador.
In March 2025, he was mistakenly deported and returned in June 2025 to face human smuggling charges.
Abrego Garcia's attorneys say the U.S. President Donald Trump administration's deportations to African nations are retaliatory.
A federal judge expressed frustration with lack of clarity and absence of a final removal order.