From the Associated Press (AP(,
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE in Baltimore, faces possible deportation to Uganda.
As expected, Maryland Man appeared this morning at 8 am (EDT) to check in with ICE and was taken into custody. The El Salvadoran national could soon be headed to the African nation of Uganda.
This move appears consistent with a 2019 Immigration Court order that Abrego can be deported, just not to his home country.
The AP frames the narrative as a human-rights issue,
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore Monday and faces possible efforts by the Trump administration to deport him to Uganda, an African country with documented human rights abuses and a language he doesn’t speak.
I looked it up and the official languages of Uganda, a former British colony, are English and Swahili. Until 2005, English was Uganda’s only official language.
The AP appears to be arguing that Maryland Man should not remain in the United States because of the language barrier.
It’s a certainty that some federal district judge will feel compelled to issue further rulings.
