Footage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia being arrested by ICE has gone viral after the alleged MS-13 gangbanger slammed the “corrupt government” as he was being hauled away in cuffs.
The 30-year-old El Salvador native is facing the possibility of being deported to Uganda after he was detained by immigration officials in Baltimore on Monday.
The Department of Homeland Security shared a video of him shuffling through the ICE Field Office in the moments after he was detained.
“He doesn’t belong here. He won’t be staying here. America is a safer nation without this MS-13 Gangbanger in it. Good riddance,” DHS wrote alongside the footage.
The clip quickly exploded online after Abrego Garcia, who was released from a Tennessee jail last week as he awaits trial on human smuggling charges, uttered “it’s a corrupt government” as an ICE agent led him away.
“Kilmar is nothing but a petulant child,” one person reacted on X.
Others were quick to point out the “absolute irony” of him slamming the Trump administration.
“So corrupt he still wants to stay here,” one X user wrote.
“He has the gall to mutter ‘corrupt govt.’ Criminals don’t get to call anyone else corrupt,” another raged.
Abrego Garcia’s arrest comes after the Trump administration mistakenly shipped him off to his native El Salvador back in June.
He was subsequently brought back to face criminal charges of transporting migrants living in the US illegally, tied to a 2022 traffic stop during which the construction worker was pulled over on a Tennessee highway with eight passengers in the car, but no luggage.
Abrego Garcia, who has insisted he’s not a gangbanger, has pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on bond last Friday. --->READ MORE HERE
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement rearrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia early Monday in preparation for a potential deportation to Uganda, but a federal judge ordered the government not to remove him, for now.
The illegal immigrant from El Salvador checked in with ICE in Maryland less than three full days after his release from pretrial detention in Tennessee, where he faces criminal charges of migrant smuggling.
Trump administration officials who announced plans to send him to Uganda said his arrest neared the end of his monthslong saga.
“Today, ICE law enforcement arrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia and are processing him for deportation,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
“President Trump is not going to allow this illegal alien, who is an MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser and child predator, to terrorize American citizens any longer,” she said.
Judge Paula Xinis, who has become Mr. Abrego Garcia’s most powerful defender, stepped in again Monday afternoon and blocked his deportation.
She said she needs to hear more evidence before releasing her hold on Mr. Abrego Garcia.
Mr. Abrego Garcia spoke at a brief press conference before his arrest.
“My name is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and I want you to remember this: I am free and I was able to be reunited with my family,” he said in Spanish, with a woman translating his words into English.
He said memories of time with his family, who live in Maryland, would give him “strength” to face his deportation battle.
“Regardless of what happens here today in my ICE check-in, promise me this: Promise me that you will continue to pray, continue to fight, resist and love, not just for me but for everybody.”
He remained in ICE detention Monday evening.
On Friday, Mr. Abrego Garcia was released from pretrial detention in the criminal case against him in Tennessee. --->READ MORE HERE
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