Trump Administration Ready to Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, Asks Judge to Lift Block

The Trump administration said it is ready to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia and asked U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis to dissolve her order blocking that from happening. In a motion filed Friday, the Department of Homeland Security said the order is the only impediment currently preventing the U.S. from carrying out Abrego Garcia’s deportation.

Legal filings submitted by the administration indicated that Liberia’s government remains willing to accept Abrego Garcia and that Immigration and Customs Enforcement could arrange a charter plane to send him to the West African country in roughly five days.

On Monday, Xinis granted a request from Abrego Garcia’s lawyers to pause some of the proceedings involving him, including in his push for sanctions against the government, until the Trump administration’s latest push to deport Abrego Garcia is resolved.

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