Kilmar Abrego Garcia Matter

3 proceedings tracked · Active

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a Maryland construction worker who was deported to a Salvadoran prison in March 2025 in what courts later found was a violation of a prior immigration agreement. His story involves three simultaneous legal threads: a Maryland criminal case, a federal habeas corpus proceeding, and an emergency SCOTUS intervention that intersected and drove each other. This page tracks all three.

Criminal Case

Maryland Criminal Matter

[TBD] · D.Md. · [TBD]

A Maryland criminal case was open when Abrego Garcia was deported. The government later alleged gang affiliation based partly on this case, though no conviction occurred. The case remained active during the deportation proceedings.

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Habeas / Immigration

Abrego Garcia v. Noem (Habeas Corpus)

[TBD] · D.Md. · 2025

Federal habeas corpus filed after deportation to CECOT without a hearing. Courts found the deportation unlawful under a prior withholding-of-removal agreement. SCOTUS eventually ordered government action to facilitate return. Abrego Garcia returned to US in May 2025.

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SCOTUS Emergency

Abrego Garcia (SCOTUS Emergency Application)

[TBD] · U.S. Supreme Court · 2025

Emergency application filed at SCOTUS when lower courts' orders were not producing return. SCOTUS issued order directing government to facilitate return. Compliance battles continued after return.

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