Judge temporarily bars Kilmar Abrego Garca's deportation to Uganda

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11. Very frequently deportation is used as part of a plea deal

Generally, it is use for misdemeanors and a few minor felonies. DUI's and cases where incarcerating someone is not worth the effort etc

Charges are dropped or judication is deferred and the person is deported.

However, they aren't deported to Uganda!

Sometimes asylum seekers (from El Salvador) are sent back to where they came from after they have served their sentence or as part of a plea deal. (It depends on the crime etc)

Now if the person is from a country like Venezuela, who won't take them back, under previous administrations they would go to trial, serve their sentence and usually stay in the US after serving their sentence.

I don't know how much prison time Garcia could be facing for smuggling charges. Someone who I'm familiar with was arrested for human smuggling in 2023. He's born here. I think the charges were dropped because I can't find anything else about the case. I read that he was arrested in a news article, but nothing else. I've had the displeasure of dealing with that guy and he's a PITA, so I'm not gonna ask around. But I think the charges were dropped. He's still roaming around town.

Odds are Garcia will be deported. I think even if he is found not guilty, there is a chance he could still be deported.