Trump Admin Seeks to Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia

The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to deport illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, according to an Oct. 24 court filing. “Although Petitioner has identified more than twenty countries that he purports to fear would persecute or torture him if he were removed there, Liberia is not on that list,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) filing said. The filing also said that “Liberia is a thriving democracy and one of the United States’s closest partners on the African continent,” and noted that the country’s national language is English. Previous attempts to send Abrego Garcia to various African nations have failed, but Liberia has agreed to take him. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could deport him by Oct. 31, the DOJ said....