Kilmar Abrego Garcia set for Uganda deportation
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorney slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to deport the alleged MS-13 gangbanger to Uganda, where “he doesn’t even speak the language” — even though the African country’s official language is English.
Uganda looks set to receive the man at the center of one of the United States’ most controversial deportation cases, as President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration drive continues.
Conditions of the agreement stipulate Uganda will not accept “individuals with criminal records and unaccompanied minors.”
Uganda's foreign ministry said it prefers that the migrants sent there be of African nationalities but didn't elaborate on what it might get in return for accepting deportees.
Uganda will accept illegal immigrants from the U.S. who are fearful of going back to their home country. They expressed preference for African migrants.