Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Judge Halts US Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Amid Legal Battle
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Judge Halts US Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Amid Legal Battle. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the US government from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after immigration officers detained him during a check-in on Monday. Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador earlier this year before being returned to the US, where he now faces human trafficking charges. Prosecutors recently suggested he could be deported to Uganda after he rejected a plea deal, a move his lawyers call an attempt to coerce him into pleading guilty. The court questioned the government's plan, noting it failed to prove Garcia would be safe in Uganda, a country where he has no ties. Judges also warned that deportation cannot be used to pressure defendants into surrendering their constitutional rights. For now, Garcia remains in custody in Virginia while both sides prepare legal briefs ahead of another hearing later this week.
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