Salvadoran Migrant Facing Deportation to Uganda After Rejecting Trump DOJ Plea Deal

The Trump administration is moving to deport a Salvadoran migrant with a criminal record and alleged gang ties despite fierce opposition from liberal judges, activist attorneys, and open-border advocacy groups.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has dragged through U.S. courts for over six months, is expected to appear at the ICE Field Office in Baltimore on Monday morning. According to federal officials, he will be arrested and deported but not back to El Salvador. Instead, he'll likely be sent to Uganda, a third-party country willing to accept him under refugee status.

This comes after Abrego Garcia refused a plea deal offered by the Trump Justice Department that would have seen him deported to Costa Rica in exchange for admitting guilt in a human smuggling operation an offer his legal team dismissed as “vindictive.”

Here are the facts mainstream media won't emphasize:

• Abrego Garcia was caught in Tennessee driving a van full of illegal aliens, triggering the 2022 smuggling investigation.

• The Department of Justice has linked him to MS-13, though a Democrat-appointed judge refused to accept that as fact.

• His own wife accused him of domestic abuse.

• He was previously deported to El Salvador earlier this year but returned after a legal challenge, despite a 2019 court order banning his removal.

Now, after rejecting a plea deal tied to Costa Rica, Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda his lawyers call it a “rendition,” while the Trump administration calls it justice long delayed.

The legal wrangling has been extensive. A left-wing judge Obama appointee Paula Xinis issued a ruling earlier this year attempting to block ICE from re-arresting him upon return. But DHS and ICE officials, tired of the gamesmanship, are preparing to proceed anyway. And they should.

This isn’t about a “hardworking father,” as advocacy group CASA claims. This is about law enforcement doing its job removing an alleged criminal and border violator who has gamed the system, abused his appeals, and now refuses to leave quietly.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem put it plainly. “The Trump administration will not stop fighting till this Salvadoran man faces justice and is OUT of our country.”

Meanwhile, CASA is organizing a candlelight vigil outside the Baltimore ICE facility, calling Abrego a “martyr” of the immigration system. It’s a predictable move from a group that views any deportation even of accused criminals as an attack on “immigrant rights.”

But the American people see through it.

This isn’t about compassion. It’s about protecting the rule of law. If someone can enter the country illegally, get caught smuggling others, face abuse allegations, reject multiple deportation offers and still expect to stay then our immigration system is broken beyond repair.

And let's be honest: under a Biden administration, Abrego Garcia would likely be walking free. That’s why the 2024 election matters.

If we’re serious about border security, about national sovereignty, and about keeping dangerous individuals off our streets, we must support an administration willing to stand its ground and enforce the law even when leftist judges and activist groups try to stand in the way.

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