Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights deportation to Liberia after criminal charges dropped

By: Ariana Figueroa

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 431

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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WASHINGTON — Following a dismissal of criminal charges the Trump administration lodged against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the wrongly deported Maryland resident Thursday pressed a federal judge to prevent his removal to any country that is not Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him as a refugee.

The filing in the federal District Court for the District of Maryland comes after a federal judge in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 22 dismissed the U.S. …

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