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ARTICLE VIEW:
Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Eswatini
By Kaanita Iyer, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
Updated:
10:47 PM EDT, Fri September 5, 2025
Source: CNN
The Trump administration informed on Friday that it now plans to deport
him to the tiny African nation of Eswatini, as he continues to fight
efforts to re-deport him.
In an email to the Maryland man, which was obtained by CNN, an
Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said that given Abrego
Garcia’s concerns about being deported to several other countries,
they now seek to remove him to Eswatini. The Department of Homeland
Security previously notified Abrego Garcia of plans to , but he
objected to the removal, citing fears of being persecuted or tortured.
“That claim of fear is hard to take seriously, especially given that
you have claimed (through your attorneys) that you fear persecution or
torture in at least 22 different countries,” read the email, which
listed the countries, including his home country of El Salvador, where
he spent weeks in a notorious mega prison earlier this year after he
was mistakenly deported.
“Nonetheless, we hereby notify you that your new country of removal
is Eswatini, Africa,” the email added.
An ICE official confirmed that Abrego Garcia will be deported to
Eswatini, telling CNN, “TRUE: An immigration judge ordered him
removed and ICE will comply with that order.”
Abrego Garcia is currently in ICE custody after being brought back to
the US to face human smuggling charges, but the Trump administration is
trying to quickly deport him again, even before the trial concludes.
Last week, the federal judge overseeing Abrego Garcia’s case ruled
that he after Trump administration officials are expected to testify
about the government’s efforts to re-deport him.
Abrego Garcia has said he prefers to be sent to Costa Rica, a country
that has said it would be willing to give him some form of legal status
should he be sent there.
The administration previously offered to eventually deport Abrego
Garcia to Costa Rica in exchange for a guilty plea, his lawyers told
the judge overseeing his human trafficking case last month. However,
Abrego Garcia did not accept the offer, according to a source familiar
with his case.
— formerly known as Swaziland — is located in Southeast Africa and
is roughly the size of New Jersey. Governed by a monarch who has
absolute power, Eswatini is one of four African countries that have
struck a deal with the Trump administration to receive foreign
deportees, along with Rwanda, South Sudan and .
Abrego Garcia is also separately seeking to , a process that will play
out before an immigration judge within the Justice Department.
CNN’s Devan Cole contributed to this report.
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