Washington – A federal magistrate judge said on Monday that Kilmar Abrego GarciaA Salvadoron person who was accidentally given to Al Salvador and then returned to the United States Criminal allegations of human traffickingAt least mid -July will remain in federal custody.
The lawyers of Abrego Garcia asked the judge on Friday Their release delayedWarning that the Trump administration had made conflicting statements about whether they would be deported after being released before a test.
A brief order of American Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes is the latest development in the case related to Abrego Garcia, with the removal of Al Salvador in March, as a flashpoint in the immigration agenda of President Trump and promised collective exile of immigrants in the US.
Abrego Garcia was convicted by a federal grand jury on two allegations of human trafficking in late May, after which the government returned it to the US to face federal prosecution. He has pleaded not guilty,
After a federal judge in Maryland, he returned after weeks Order of Trump Administration For the convenience of release of Abrego Garcia from Salvadoran custody, which was confirmed by the Supreme Court. Abrego Garcia was accepted by an American Immigration Officer Exile to Al Salvador There was an administrative error, as he was given legal status in 2019, which prevented the Homeland Security Department from removing Abrego Garcia in his country due to possible harassment by local gangs.
After Abrego Garcia was brought back to the US to face the crimes of human trafficking, the Department of Justice requested that he was kept in custody while waiting for the test. But early this month Holmes Rejected that request And that he should be given Pratiel release.
The Department of Justice appealed for that decision, and the US District Judge held a hearing for July 16 at the request to cancel the order for the release of Holmes.
But during a hearing last week to review the terms of the release of Ebrego Garcia, the lawyers of the Salvadoron Man and the Department of Justice admitted that they would probably be detained by the Homeland Security Department and will be rapidly exempted after being released from the custody of the Department of Justice, which would interfere with their criminal proceedings.
Holmes stops issuing an order to release him, and Abrego Garcia’s lawyer Asked him to delay This further because he said whether he is a conflicting statement that he Will be removed For a third country – apart from Al Salvador – one – if waiting for the test was detained by immigration officers.
Federal prosecutors did not oppose the request.
The lawyers of Ebrego Garcia wrote to Holmes in the filing, “With a small delay, the government will be prevented from removing Mr. Abriga and will allow the government to provide reliable information related to its intentions.”
The Magistrate Judge agreed to the request and said that Abrego Garcia would be in custody of US marshals to allow for the July 16 hearing and a decision on the government’s bid would be to quash their release order.
Homes said that Abrego Garcia should be separated from others and is waiting for sentences and “appropriate opportunity” to meet with his lawyers privately.
