Kilmar Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention center

Source: NBC News

Sept. 27, 2025, 2:14 PM EDT


Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father who was wrongly deported to El Salvador and later brought back to the U.S. before facing new deportation efforts, was transferred to a central Pennsylvania detention center Friday morning, his attorneys said.

Abrego, 30, was taken to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, according to federal court documents filed by his attorneys. They said Immigration and Customs Enforcement notified them of the transfer earlier in the day.

ICE directed questions to the Department of Homeland Security. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin confirmed Saturday that Abrego was transferred. Abrego had been held in Virginia. On Sept. 19, his attorneys filed a status report, saying that holding him at the Farmville Detention Center there “placed substantial burdens on the defense’s ability to meet with Mr. Abrego and properly prepare for trial.”

The court documents state that an ICE official told Abrego that the transfer to Pennsylvania would allow his attorneys “greater access to him.” But Abrego’s lawyers said it is “not yet clear whether that is true.”

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