If Abrego Garcia is deported to Uganda, here’s how it might happen

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In a statement on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem justified the administration’s targeting of Abrego Garcia by repeating allegations against him. Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from federal custody pending criminal trial The case of Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man originally from El Salvador, raised basic questions of due process in Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. It’s unclear what would happen to Abrego Garcia once in Uganda, says Nelson Kasfir, an emeritus professor of government at Dartmouth who studies Africa. The judge in Maryland set a next hearing for October 6 while Abrego Garcia pursues a separate claim of asylum. He says Abrego Garcia could be flown on a military transport or a chartered passenger jet, such as a Boeing 737.