Trump admin tells court it still plans to deport Kilmar Garcia — but not to El Salvador

Trump admin tells court it still plans to deport Kilmar Garcia — but not to El Salvador


The Trump administration admitted its plan for accused gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia at an online hearing to decide his fate.

On Thursday, Justice Department attorney Jonathan Guynn said that the administration was still going to deport Garcia, but to a “third country” that is not El Salvador.

‘If this Court does not act swiftly, then the Government is likely to whisk Abrego Garcia away.’

Garcia had been deported to the infamous prison for terrorists in El Salvador by the administration, but an order from the Supreme Court precipitated his return. The government then had him indicted on smuggling charges and vowed that he would not be set free on U.S. streets.

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Guynn told U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in a conference call with Garcia’s attorneys that the government

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