{"id":1531524,"date":"2025-04-21T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1531524"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T16:50:00","slug":"abrego-garcia-moved-to-lower-security-detention-facility-given-own-room-state-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/abrego-garcia-moved-to-lower-security-detention-facility-given-own-room-state-department\/1531524\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrego Garcia Moved To Lower Security Detention Facility, Given Own Room: State Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abrego Garcia Moved To Lower Security Detention Facility, Given Own Room: State Department<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, has been transferred from the country\u2019s maximum-security prison to a detention facility, where he now has his own room, according to an April 20 court filing by the U.S. State Department.<\/p>\n

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Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native, illegally entered the United States in 2011 and was living in Maryland. He was arrested and deported to El Salvador in March for allegedly being a member of the MS-13 gang, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, despite an immigration judge having issued a withholding of removal\u2014which legally barred his deportation to his home country\u2014in 2019 due to concerns for his safety.<\/p>\n

The department said<\/a> Abrego Garcia was transferred from El Salvador\u2019s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) to a facility in Santa Ana eight days before he met with U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on April 17 during the senator\u2019s visit to the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbrego Garcia told Sen. Van Hollen that he had been placed in the administrative building of Centro Industrial, in a room of his own with a bed and furniture, and that he was not in a cell,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Michael Kozak, a senior official at the State Department\u2019s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, said in the filing.<\/p>\n

Van Hollen traveled<\/a> to El Salvador last week to visit Abrego Garcia after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said the man would not be returned to the United States.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return to the United States after it acknowledged<\/a> that he was deported following an administrative error.<\/p>\n

The administration has said that it lacked the authority to return Abrego Garcia from El Salvador as he was already in the custody of a foreign nation.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters on April 16, Van Hollen said the Salvadoran government initially denied him a visit<\/a> or phone call with Abrego Garcia after meeting with the country\u2019s Vice President F\u00e9lix Ulloa. That visit occurred the following day when Salvadoran officials transported the man to the hotel where Van Hollen was staying.<\/p>\n

The senator has accused<\/a> the Trump administration of defying court orders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you defy court orders and deny one man his Constitutional rights, you threaten them for ALL,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Van Hollen stated<\/a> on social media, adding that there was no evidence linking Abrego Garcia to the MS-13 gang.<\/p>\n

The White House did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has criticized Democrats whom he said were falsely portraying Abrego Garcia as an innocent person, saying that two courts have found him to be a member of \u201cthe violent, killer gang MS-13.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThose lying to the American People on behalf of violent criminals have to be held responsible by the Agencies and the Courts,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Trump stated in a Truth Social post<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump greets Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele at the White House on April 14, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times<\/em><\/p>\n

On April 18, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released documents detailing Abrego Garcia\u2019s past encounters with law enforcement.<\/p>\n

According to the documents, Abrego Garcia was pulled over in Tennessee for speeding while carrying eight other individuals in a vehicle belonging to his employer in December 2022.<\/p>\n

No luggage was found in the vehicle. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the group\u2019s three-day travel from Texas to Maryland \u201creek of human trafficking.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe hear far too much about the gang members and criminals\u2019 false sob stories and not enough about their victims,\u201d McLaughlin said in a statement<\/a>. Abrego Garcia was not charged in the incident.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2019, Abrego Garcia was identified by the Prince George\u2019s County Police Department\u2019s gang unit as a member of the MS-13 gang. He was later granted withholding of removal by an immigration judge, according to the DHS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 04\/21\/2025 – 08:50<\/span><\/p>\n

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