ICE Shackles Kilmar Abrego Garcia, He Goes Viral for What He Said Under His Breath [WATCH]

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 30-year-old native of El Salvador, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Baltimore on Monday, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which released footage of the arrest.

The video, recorded inside the ICE Field Office shortly after his detention, shows Abrego Garcia being led in handcuffs.

As an agent escorted him, he said, “it’s a corrupt government.”

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DHS distributed the clip with a written statement alongside the footage: “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.”

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. pic.twitter.com/ecldKZvuw3

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 26, 2025

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Officials said Abrego Garcia is being processed and faces the possibility of removal to Uganda.

Abrego Garcia’s detention followed his release from a Tennessee jail last week while awaiting trial on federal human smuggling charges.

Prosecutors have tied those charges to a 2022 traffic stop on a Tennessee highway, where authorities say he was pulled over with eight passengers in a car and no luggage.

BREAKING: Fox News obtained police bodycam footage from the 2022 traffic stop of Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was suspected of human trafficking.

“He’s getting paid to haul these people.”

Democrats are dying on the hill of defending an MS-13 foreign terrorist and alleged human… pic.twitter.com/q6Fnv1X59A

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 2, 2025

He has pleaded not guilty and has stated he is not a gang member.

After Monday’s appointment at the Baltimore ICE office for a scheduled interview, federal authorities detained him again and transferred him to a detention facility in Virginia.

The arrest comes after Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in June.

He was subsequently returned to the United States to face the pending criminal case involving the alleged transportation of migrants living in the country illegally.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said ICE had moved forward with enforcement steps following the Baltimore interview.

“Today, ICE law enforcement arrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia and are processing him for deportation,” Noem said.

She added: “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.”

Today, ICE law enforcement arrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia and are processing him for deportation.

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…

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) August 25, 2025

Attorneys for Abrego Garcia said they filed a lawsuit seeking to block his removal to any country until he has an opportunity to contest the destination.

They also said federal officials discussed potential removal outcomes during plea negotiations.

“They’re holding Costa Rica as a carrot and using Uganda as a stick,” his lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, said.

“They’re weaponizing the immigration system in a way that’s completely unconstitutional.”

In court proceedings Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said she planned to hold additional hearings on the administration’s plan to deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda.

The judge barred the government from removing him until such a hearing is held.

Sandoval-Moshenberg said that, if deported, assurances would be needed that Abrego Garcia would not be returned to El Salvador due to concerns about persecution.

“We don’t know if Uganda will even let him walk around freely in Kampala or whether he’ll be inside of a Ugandan jail cell,” the attorney said.

He also said Abrego Garcia had informed the U.S. government that he would be willing to accept removal to Costa Rica, which, according to the lawyer, has said it would provide him refugee status.

The attorney did not say whether Abrego Garcia would agree to plead guilty in the criminal case.

Abrego Garcia had been released on bond last Friday in the human smuggling case before reporting to the ICE office in Baltimore on Monday.

Following the arrest there, DHS said he was transported to a Virginia detention facility while immigration authorities pursue removal proceedings.