Posted on 10/24/2025 12:14:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Maryland man has been in federal custody since being returned to the U.S. in June, following his mistaken deportation to El Salvador earlier this year
The Trump administration has identified a new country where it intends to imminently send Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador earlier this year, the Department of Justice said in a court filing Friday.
The West African nation of Liberia has agreed to accept Abrego Garcia, the DOJ officials said, and the Department of Homeland Security is aiming for a removal date as early as Oct. 31.
“Although [Abrego Garcia] has identified more than twenty countries that he purports to fear would persecute or torture him if he were removed there, Liberia is not on that list,” DOJ lawyers wrote. “Liberia is a thriving democracy and one of the United States’s closest partners on the African continent.”
The Trump administration expects to file further notices pertaining to Abrego Garcia’s removal before a federal court in Maryland later Friday, the filing added, and U.S. officials have "received diplomatic assurances regarding the treatment of third-country individuals removed to Liberia from the United States and are making the final necessary arrangements for [Abrego Garcia’s] removal.”
In a statement to Scripps News, Abrego Garcia’s attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg blasted the DOJ’s new proposal.
"Having struck out with Uganda, Eswatini and Ghana, ICE now seeks to deport our client Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia – a country with which he has no connection, thousands of miles from his family and home in Maryland. Costa Rica has agreed to accept him as a refugee, and remains a viable and lawful option. Instead, the government has chosen yet another path that feels designed to inflict maximum hardship. Their actions are punitive, cruel and unconstitutional,” Sandoval-Moshenberg said.
“Unless Liberia guarantees that it will..."
(Excerpt) Read more at scrippsnews.com ...
Never give up the con.
Just what I was thinking...
Liberia! Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy
I’m going to call myself the Maryland Governor’s Mansion woman.
Or the Maryland Bank President- I mean, why not.
“Unless Liberia guarantees that it will not re-deport Mr. Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, then sending him to Liberia is no less unlawful than sending him directly to El Salvador a second time.”
The Liberian government outlined several safeguards for the implementation of the decision:
1. Comprehensive security screening and vetting by relevant Liberian authorities prior to and upon arrival.
2. Respect for due process and human rights, including access to legal and procedural protections consistent with international obligations.
3. Non-refoulement assurance, guaranteeing that Mr. Abrego Garcia will not be returned to any country where he faces a substantial risk of persecution, torture, or other harm.
4. Coordination with the United Nations and other partners to explore durable and lawful solutions under international law, including potential resettlement or lawful transfer where appropriate.
I thought he was going to Eswatini.
HE (GARCIA) WORKED VERY HARD TO EARN THIS OUTCOME, IMO.
“following his mistaken deportation to El Salvador earlier this year”
I stopped reading right there.
I hate to do that to Liberia. 😉
He’s still here?
Why not Uganda? It’s more centally located.
Let his family (which he usually beats his wife) join him in Liberia if they want.
Anyone know why any country would accept our cast offs? Do they come with a cash payment to the country?
We should just parachute him out of a C-130 five nautical miles offshore from El Salvador and let “the Maryland Man” swim to the country of his choice.
Haven’t we been able to kick him out yet? What makes him so special?
What is taking so long?
Works for me. No threat of Latino gangs there. Of course the Africans won’t be too keen on receiving him
I thought he was offered Costa Rica and turned it down for some unknown reason. Now he wants it.
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