GREEN BELT, Maryland, USA, February 17, 2026 (AP).— The Immigration and Customs Enforcement can’t stop again Kilmar Ábrego García because the 90-day detention period has already expired and the government does not have a viable plan to deport him, he ruled a federal judge today Tuesday.
Kilmar Ábrego García, in an immigration mess
The case of Salvadoran citizen became a central point of immigration debate after last year They deported him by mistake to their country of origin.
Since his return, he has fought against a second deportation to a series of African countries proposed by officials of the Department of Homeland Security.
The government “made a empty threat after another to expel him to countries of Africa without any real chance of success,” he wrote in his order today tuesday Federal District Judge Paula Xinisa Maryland.
“Therefore, the Tribunal easily concludes that there is no ‘good reason to believe’ that expulsion is likely in the reasonably foreseeable future.”
Kilmar Ábrego García, with an American family
Abrego García He has an American wife and son and has lived in Maryland for years, but immigrated to the United States illegally as a teenager.
In 2019, an immigration judge determined that Abrego García could not be deported to El Salvador because there he faced danger from a gang that had threatened his family.
Even so, the US government deported Abrego García to El Salvador in 2025.
Faced with public pressure and a court order, the president’s government Donald Trump brought him back in June, but only after getting a indictment of human trafficking in Tennessee.
Abrego García He pleaded not guilty.
Meanwhile, officials from Trump They already stated that Abrego García He cannot stay in the United States.
In documents submitted to the tribunallos officials They indicated that they intended to deport Abrego García a Uganda, Esuatini, Ghana o Liberia.
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