{"id":7487,"date":"2025-11-20T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/top-ice-official-elaborates-on-plan-to-send-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-liberia-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T22:11:26","slug":"top-ice-official-elaborates-on-plan-to-send-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-liberia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/20\/top-ice-official-elaborates-on-plan-to-send-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-liberia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Top ICE official elaborates on plan to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Natali Fani-Gonz\u00e1lez, a Democrat who serves on the Montgomery County Council, speaks during a rally on Nov. 20, 2025 outside the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had a hearing in court. (Photo by William J. Ford\/Maryland Matters)<\/p>\n

GREENBELT, Md. \u2014 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detailed to a federal judge Thursday plans for the Trump administration to again remove the wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the West African country of Liberia.<\/p>\n

U.S. District of Maryland Judge Paula Xinis is considering whether to lift her order that barred Abrego Garcia, a longtime Maryland resident, from being removed from the United States. The case and its months of wrangling in courts in two states has generated huge publicity, both in Maryland and nationally, and has brought attention to the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

Separately, as the Trump administration tries to deport Abrego Garcia, the Justice Department is moving forward with criminal charges against him of human trafficking in Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Xinis specially requested the Trump administration provide John\u00a0Cant\u00fa to testify because he is a top official at ICE\u2019s Enforcement and Removal Operations and previously submitted a declaration to the court regarding the State Department\u2019s deliberation with Costa Rica\u2019s government about accepting Abrego Garcia as a refugee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Abrego Garcia, whose deportation due to an \u201cadministrative error\u201d cast a spotlight on President Donald Trump\u2019s aggressive immigration crackdown, is challenging his detention on the grounds that the Trump administration is using his imprisonment as punishment rather than for the purpose of removal. He is currently detained at an ICE facility in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Abrego Garcia has agreed to be removed to Costa Rica, but the Trump administration last month argued before Xinis to allow him to be removed to Liberia.<\/a> In August, Costa Rica\u2019s government stated it would accept him as a refugee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As he challenges his removal to any country other than Costa Rica, Abrego Garcia has also pleaded not guilty to the criminal case in Nashville, which accuses him of the human trafficking of immigrants in an incident stemming from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rally outside<\/h4>\n

Similar to previous hearings at the Greenbelt courthouse, the immigrant advocacy group CASA led a rally in support of Abrego Garcia. The event included a singing group called the Rapid Response Choir.<\/p>\n

George Escobar, who will become CASA\u2019s new executive director on Jan. 1, said it\u2019s important for people to stand up against a \u201ccorrupt government\u201d that seeks to take away immigrant rights, especially as the Trump administration tries to ship Abrego Garcia to various third countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make sure that we stand here united. We want to make sure that Kilmar (and) his family understands that we are by his side,\u201d Escobar said. \u201cWe will not let this go silently into the night.\u201d<\/p>\n

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George Escobar, who was recently chosen as CASA\u2019s new executive director, as of Jan. 1, gives opening remarks at a rally Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025 outside the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who had a hearing in court. (Photo by William J. Ford\/Maryland Matters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maryland Del. Gabriel Acevero, a Montgomery County Democrat who\u2019s from Trinidad and Tobago, and who has a family background in Venezuela, said his state colleagues will be working on legislation to improve immigrant rights, such as ending the 287(g) program in the state.<\/p>\n

Currently, about eight local enforcement agencies in the state have agreements with ICE that delegate certain immigration enforcement abilities to local police. But Acevero\u2019s colleague, Del. Nicole Williams, a Prince George\u2019s County Democrat, plans to reintroduce legislation to terminate all ICE agreements. Law enforcement agencies would have a year to do so.<\/p>\n

After the rally ended, CASA leaders handed out green postcards for participants to write down words of support for Abrego Garcia.<\/p>\n

Jacki Gilbert of Baltimore wrote on her postcard: \u201cDear Kilmar, We stand with you and your family. You are both a friend and a neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis impacts my community. My culture in Baltimore City. My economy there. You got to stand with your friends and neighbors. Respect them,\u201d Gilbert said as she choked up and shed a tear.<\/p>\n

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After a rally outside the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Nov. 20, 2025, Jacki Gilbert of Baltimore writes on a postcard to be delivered to Kilmar Abrego Garcia. (Photo by William J. Ford\/Maryland Matters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Abrego Garcia has deportation protections that should have prevented his deportation to his home country of El Salvador, but earlier this year he was still removed to a brutal Salvadoran prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because of those protections granted by an immigration judge in 2019, the Trump administration must find a third country that is willing to accept Abrego Garcia and a country where he believes he will not face harm or persecution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration so far has floated sending him to Liberia as well as one of three other nations in Africa \u2014 Ghana, Eswatini and\u00a0Uganda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Worries about return to El Salvador<\/h4>\n

Abrego Garcia\u2019s lawyers have raised concerns that if he is sent to a third country, that country will then send him back to El Salvador.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cant\u00fa said that the government of Liberia has given the State Department assurance that Abrego Garcia will not face torture, persecution, and will not be sent back to El Salvador.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The assurances from Costa Rica\u2019s government accepting Abrego Garcia were \u201cnonbinding,\u201d Cant\u00fa said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The State Department informed him that Abrego Garcia\u2019s removal to Costa Rica is \u201cnot an option at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cant\u00fa was pressed by one of Abrego Garcia\u2019s attorney\u2019s,\u00a0Sascha\u00a0Rand, about communications with the State Department and Costa Rica regarding Abrego Garcia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cant\u00fa said he had a five-minute virtual meeting with an attorney from the State Department, during which he was given a statement that Costa Rica was no longer an option for Abrego Garcia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But he could not give the judge any additional information on further communications between the State Department and Costa Rica\u2019s government since August.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis witness has zero information about the content of the (Costa Rica) declaration,\u201d Xinis said. \u201cNo shade on you, Mr. Cant\u00fa, you\u2019ve been very candid with the court. The point has been made.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rand pointed to how the assurance from Costa Rica granted Abrego Garcia refugee status and citizenship, and he asked if Liberia made those same assurances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cant\u00fa said he did not recall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rand asked Cant\u00fa if in his career at the Department of Homeland Security, which dates to 1997, if he has had any experience of removing someone from Latin America to Africa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cant\u00fa said he has in the past six months under the Trump administration. Rand asked about any scenarios prior to that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot recall,\u201d Cant\u00fa said.<\/p>\n

Rand said that Abrego Garcia has \u201cno objection to him being removed to Costa Rica.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He argued that the Trump administration, and its witness, have not proved that Abrego Garcia cannot be removed to Costa Rica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Order of removal<\/h4>\n

Abrego Garcia\u2019s attorneys also requested that DOJ provide the order of removal for Abrego Garcia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cant\u00fa said he had not seen such a document.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is no order for removal, then there is no basis for detention,\u201d said Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, another attorney for Abrego Garcia, who specializes in immigration law.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DOJ attorney Drew Ensign said he does \u201cbelieve there is a final order of removal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Xinis rejected that, because no document was provided to her and the document Ensign produced for her only mentioned that Abrego Garcia\u2019s 2019 asylum claim was rejected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just interested in finding the order of removal,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ensign argued that because Abrego Garcia has a withholding of removal, meaning he cannot be removed back to his home country of El Salvador, that should be treated as a final order of removal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ensign added that it\u2019s odd that Abrego Garcia would agree to be removed to Costa Rica if he didn\u2019t believe there was a final order of removal.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s not,\u201d Xinis said. \u201cIt\u2019s a concession because he\u2019s been to CECOT and back.\u201d<\/p>\n

While at the notorious mega-prison known as CECOT, Abrego Garcia detailed how he was psychologically and physically tortured by Salvadoran officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Abrego Garcia tried to make another application for asylum, after he was brought back to the U.S. this summer, but an immigration judge denied it. He has appealed the decision.<\/p>\n

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A rallygoer holds up a sign critical of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Nov. 20, 2025. (Photo by William J. Ford\/Maryland Matters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The case before Xinis is a habeas petition, which is how immigrants challenge their detention. Immigrants cannot be held longer for six months in detention if the federal government is not actively making efforts to remove them, a precedent set by the Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Xinis pressed Ensign about why the \u201cgovernment (is) standing in the way\u201d of allowing Abrego Garcia to be removed to Costa Rica.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so odd and that\u2019s me being really polite,\u201d Xinis said, adding that \u201cthere is no evidence that Costa Rica is withholding their prior\u201d stance to accept Abrego Garcia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Xinis said Thursday would be the last hearing before she makes her decision. She said she will first decide Abrego Garcia\u2019s habeas petition and then address the injunction that bars his removal from the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be a quick decision,\u201d Xinis said. \u201cThese are weighty issues.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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