(25 Aug 2025)
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Baltimore, Maryland – 25 August 2025
1. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, construction worker who was wrongfully deported in March to El Salvador prison, being introduced at protest before speaking
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) by Kilmar Abrego Garcia, construction worker who was wrongfully deported in March to El Salvador prison: ++TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY INTERPRETER ON LOCATION++
"Brothers and sisters. My name is Kilmer Abrego Garcia. And I want you to remember this. Remember that I am free, and I was able to be reunited with my family."
3. Protesters singing (English): "Let him free"
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) by Kilmar Abrego Garcia, construction worker who was wrongfully deported in March to El Salvador prison: ++TRANSLATION PROVIDED BY INTERPRETER ON LOCATION++
"When I was detained, I remembered memories with my family going to the park with them, going to the trampoline with my children. Those moments will continue to give me hope to continue in this fight."
5. Close on Abrego Garcia
6. Abrego Garcia with his lawyer
7. Various of Abrego Garcia entering ICE building
STORYLINE:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore Monday and faces possible efforts by the Trump administration to deport him immediately.
The 30-year-old Maryland construction worker and Salvadoran national spoke at a rally before he turned himself in.
“Brothers and sisters. My name is Kilmer Abrego Garcia. And I want you to remember this. Remember that I am free, and I was able to be reunited with my family,” Abrego Garcia said, speaking through a translator.
Abrego Garcia entered the offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a downtown office building.
His wife emerged without him a few minutes later, appearing to have tears in her eyes.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a tweet that Abrego Garcia was being processed for deportation.
Abrego Garcia’s attorney, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, said a lawsuit had been filed in federal district court in Maryland shortly after his detention asking for an order that he not be deported.
“I expect there’s going to be a status conference very promptly, and we’re going to ask for an interim order that he not be deported, pending his due process rights to contest deportation to any particular country,” he said.
Abrego Garcia became the face of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies when he was wrongfully deported in March to a notorious prison in his native El Salvador.
He was returned to the U.S. in June, but only to face human smuggling charges that his lawyers call preposterous and vindictive.
The Trump administration has said it is trying to deport Abrego Garcia months before his trial is scheduled in Tennessee, alleging that the married father is a danger to the community and an MS-13 gang member.
He has denied the gang allegation, pleaded not guilty to smuggling charges and has asked a judge to dismiss the case on ground of vindictive prosecution.
Abrego Garcia was released Friday afternoon from a jail in Tennessee.
He returned to his family in Maryland.
Video released by advocates of the reunion showed a room decorated with streamers, flowers and signs. He embraced loved ones and thanked them “for everything.”
Immigration officials have said they plan to deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda, which recently agreed to a deal to accept certain deportees from the U.S.
He declined an offer to be removed to Costa Rica in exchange for pleading guilty to human smuggling charges.
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