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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorney discusses his case amid new deportation effort

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident whose illegal deportation sparked scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, was arrested again during a meeting with ICE. The administration now says he’s being processed for deportation to Uganda. Amna Nawaz discussed the latest with Abrego Garcia’s attorney, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Welcome to the News Hour, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident whose deportation

0:06.2

sparked scrutiny of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, was arrested again this

0:11.7

morning during a meeting with immigration and customs enforcement in Baltimore. Back in March,

0:16.8

Abrago Garcia was mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador and held in the notorious

0:22.0

Seacot prison for months. Under Judge's orders, he was returned to the U.S. in June, then

0:27.3

immediately jailed by federal officials on human smuggling charges. Three days ago, he was released,

0:33.5

again under Judge's orders. This morning, complying with the conditions of his release,

0:38.4

he reported to an immigration check-in in Baltimore and was again arrested by ICE.

0:43.8

Before his arrest, Abrago Garcia spoke to a crowd of supporters.

0:50.9

To all the families who have suffered separations and who live constantly under the threat of being separated,

0:59.6

I want to tell you, even though injustice is hitting us hard, we do not lose faith.

1:05.7

The administration now says he's being processed for deportation to Uganda, a country he has no connection to.

1:12.7

But a federal judge in Maryland today ruled that the administration could not deport him without prior approval and must keep him in the U.S.

1:20.7

Joining me now to discuss Abrago Garcia's case is his attorney, Simon Sandoval-Motionberg.

1:26.5

Simon, thanks for joining us. What can you tell us about where your client is right now

1:31.3

and how he and his family are doing?

1:34.3

Mr. Braygo Garcia was taken back into ICE custody at an ice check-in,

1:39.3

which the supposed purpose was an interview.

1:42.3

That was clearly false because as soon as we got up there,

1:45.7

they had the whole floor shut off,

1:47.6

and within one minute they took him into custody.

1:50.3

He's currently at a detention center in Virginia.

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