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3mo ago

Judge Bars ICE From Re-Detaining Kilmar Ábrego García After 90-Day Limit Expires

The judge said ICE ran out of lawful time to hold him after failing to show a realistic path to deportation.

Kilmar Abrego García, migrante salvadoreño residente en Estados Unidos, a su llegada a una oficina del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en Baltimore, el 25 de agosto de 2025. (Foto de Roberto Schmidt / AFP).
Kilmar Ábrego García habla en una concentración antes de acudir a una cita con el Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas en Baltimore, Maryland, el 12 de diciembre del 2025. (AP foto/Stephanie Scarbrough)
NI ICE pudo detenerlo: la INESPERADA RAZÓN por la que un salvadoreño ganó su caso en EE. UU.

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled on Feb. 17 that ICE cannot re-detain Ábrego García because the statutory 90-day removal period has lapsed and no deportation is reasonably foreseeable.
  • Government filings proposed sending him to Uganda, Eswatini, Ghana or Liberia, and the judge faulted officials for ignoring Costa Rica, which has repeatedly offered to accept him.
  • Xinis previously ordered his release in mid-December after finding he had been held without legal authority.
  • Ábrego García was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in 2025 and was returned to the United States in June following public pressure and a court order.
  • The administration is expected to appeal the ruling, and a separate human-trafficking case in Tennessee remains pending with Ábrego García pleading not guilty.