{"id":2456480,"date":"2025-07-07T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abrego-garcia-will-be-deported-to-third-country-if-released-doj-says\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:23:54","slug":"abrego-garcia-will-be-deported-to-third-country-if-released-doj-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abrego-garcia-will-be-deported-to-third-country-if-released-doj-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrego Garcia will be deported to third country if released, DOJ says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabrego-garcia-will-be-deported-to-third-country-if-released-doj-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2456480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gravel-dump-trucks-carrying-migrants-are-trending-near-west-texas-border\/\" title=\"Gravel Dump Trucks Carrying Migrants are Trending near West Texas B...\">human smuggling charges<\/a>, to a third country if he is released from custody before his trial in Tennessee. During a federal court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, DOJ attorney Jonathan Guynn stated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would initiate removal proceedings prior to the resolution of his criminal case. This follows a situation were Abrego Garcia was previously deported to El Salvador against a 2019 immigration judge&#8217;s order and was later brought back to the U.S. after new charges were filed against him.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ intends to challenge the 2019 ruling or remove him to an unnamed third country, despite Abrego Garcia&#8217;s legal team expressing concerns about the potential for his deportation before his trial.The U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis expressed frustration with the changing plans from both the Department of Homeland Security and the DOJ, highlighting the uncertainty surrounding the case. A hearing to discuss his potential transfer to DHS custody is expected soon, which coudl lead to his deportation before the criminal trial occurs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Abrego Garcia will be deported to third country if released, DOJ says<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2165383\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration<\/a>&nbsp;plans to deport Salvadoran national&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a>&nbsp;to a third country before he can face trial in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tennessee<\/a>&nbsp;if he is released from criminal custody, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Department<\/a>&nbsp;attorney said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>During a federal court hearing in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greenbelt, Maryland<\/a>, DOJ attorney Jonathan Guynn told U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis that&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">if Abrego Garcia is allowed to walk free<\/span> before his criminal trial, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>&nbsp;will not wait for the human smuggling charges against him to be resolved before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-introduces-bill-to-remove-foreign-nationals-whose-visas-were-revoked-on-security-grounds\/\" title=\"Rubio proposes bill to expel revoked visa holders for security reasons\">initiating removal proceedings<\/a> to a country other than El Salvador.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3464273\/dhs-moves-end-temporary-protected-status-honduras-nicaragua\/\">DHS moves to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-building-bureaucratic-bridge-to-import-more-ukrainian-migrants\/\" title=\"Mayorkas Building Bureaucratic Bridge to Import More Ukrainian Migrants\">end temporary protected status<\/a> for Hondurans and Nicaraguans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3464194\/active-shooter-dead-texas-border-facility-attack\/\">Active shooter dead after attacking Border Patrol in McAllen, Texas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3462131\/florida-leads-states-in-carrying-out-trumps-immigration-mission\/\">Florida leads states in carrying out Trump&#8217;s immigration mission<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no intention to just put him in limbo in ICE custody while we wait for the criminal case to unfold,&rdquo; Guynn said. &ldquo;He will be removed, as would any other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal alien<\/a>&nbsp;in that process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You would not wait for the criminal case?&rdquo; Xinis asked. &ldquo;The Department of Homeland Security is removing people from this country very fast &hellip; are you going to take the same speed with Mr. Abrego?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The hearing came as part of a civil lawsuit brought by Abrego Garcia and his wife, who is a U.S. citizen, after his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deportation to El Salvador<\/a> in March &mdash; a removal that violated a 2019 immigration judge&rsquo;s order barring his deportation to his home country. He was returned to the United States weeks later after a grand jury secured charges on human smuggling allegations tied to a 2022 Tennessee traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation of the government&rsquo;s intent to deport Abrego Garcia comes after the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a> previously indicated he would first stand trial. While the DOJ maintains that position, lawyers for the government confirmed they will either attempt to undo the 2019 court order or remove him to a third country that has not yet been named.<\/p>\n<p>The legal landscape shifted for the administration when the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>&nbsp;sided with the Trump administration in a separate case involving eight <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >convicted criminal illegal immigrants slated<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3463639\/trump-administration-deports-eight-criminal-migrants-to-south-sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deportation<\/a> to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">south Sudan<\/a>, a country of which none of them are citizens. That decision, which lifted limits on third-country removals, effectively gave the federal government broader discretion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-limits-arrest-of-illegal-immigrants-at-courthouses\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Limits Arrest of Illegal Immigrants at Courthouses\">remove illegal immigrants<\/a> with or without final criminal convictions, as long as they are deemed removable under immigration law.<\/p>\n<p>While Abrego Garcia has not been convicted, the Supreme Court&rsquo;s south Sudan ruling nonetheless strengthened the administration&rsquo;s argument that it can deport individuals such as him if they are in the U.S. illegally.<\/p>\n<p>However, Xinis showed little patience with the differing plans for Abrego Garcia from the Department of Homeland Security and the DOJ. Likewise, Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s attorneys have shown inconsistency in their arguments before courts in Tennessee and Maryland. While his legal team initially pushed for his release, it more recently reversed course and sought to keep him in pretrial detention, citing fears that he would be deported before trial.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall, trying to figure out what&rsquo;s going to happen next week,&rdquo; Xinis said during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3463274\/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-denies-kilmar-abrego-garcia-mistreatment-cecot-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">EL SALVADOR&rsquo;S BUKELE DENIES ABREGO GARCIA MISTREATMENT IN PRISON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She also denied one of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOJ<\/a>&lsquo;s motions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3423822\/trump-administration-seeks-abrego-garcia-dismiss-case-deportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dismiss the civil case<\/a>, calling it &ldquo;meritless,&rdquo; and criticized the government for failing to reconcile its changing legal posture with earlier sworn statements and public messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Abrego Garcia remains in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pretrial detention<\/a>&nbsp;in Tennessee. A hearing is expected next week to determine whether he will be transferred to DHS custody. If so, he could be deported before his criminal case is heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2165383\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2165383\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ: Abrego Garcia to be deported if released before trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2456483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP25188541665383.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[53291,6184,7076,3813,58580],"class_list":["post-2456480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-abrego-garcia","tag-deportation","tag-doj","tag-immigration","tag-third-country"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP25188541665383.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456485,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456480\/revisions\/2456485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}