The Salvadoran man at the center of a high-profile deportation and human smuggling case under the Trump administration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is asking a federal judge in Maryland to intervene and block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from removing him from the United States while his criminal trial proceeds.
In an eight-page emergency motion filed Thursday, attorneys for Abrego Garcia urged U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis to order his return to Maryland from Tennessee, where he has been jailed, and to prohibit ICE from transferring or deporting him once he is released from criminal custody.
This courtroom sketch depicts, from left, attorney Sean Hecker, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and attorney Rascoe Dean in court during Abrego Garcia’s detention hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Diego Fishburn) Abrego Garcia mounts bid to return to Maryland
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