Cheeky. From The Hill newspaper,
[Kilmar] Abrego Garcia has filed a motion to reopen his immigration proceedings and seek asylum in the country.
The case he wants reopened is that 2019 Immigration Court decision ordering him deported, just not back to his native El Salvador.
Why not? Putting aside the fact that he has already been offered asylum in the Spanish-speaking, Central American nation of Costa Rica.
The Hill also has news on his pending deportation to Uganda case,
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, who oversees the deportation case, set an evidentiary hearing for Oct. 6 regarding the attempted third country removal and vowed to rule within 30 days.
Why the rush? It doesn’t appear that there is any prospect of Abrego getting released. But now I’m confused,
His lawyers argue he can’t be sent to Uganda until his fear of persecution and torture there is considered. He has signed documents notifying the government of that fear and designating Costa Rica as the country he wishes to be removed to, instead.
He already turned down the offer of Costa Rica. Now he wants to be sent to Costa Rica? The original Costa Rican offer hinged on resolving his human smuggling felony case back in Tennessee, which is still ongoing as it approaches a trial date. Maryland Man wants to have his cake and eat it, too.
Ignoring his state-level domestic assault case(s) in Maryland, Abrego may already rank as the most due-processed human to have ever existed.
