Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha suggested that Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia “fire the lawyer” who litigated his case to be deported to Uganda over Costa Rica.

“Maybe the Maryland man’s lawyer can be deported back to law school before he embarrasses himself again,” Concha said on Jesse Watters Primetime on Monday.

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Abrego Garcia’s lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, told reporters ahead of the Monday hearing that he would seek an injunction blocking his client from being deported to Uganda pending “his legal immigration proceedings to determine whether or not he may be deported.”

“When you’re offered — the way Kilmar was — that he could simply have gone to Costa Rica as well, where they have tremendous surfing, seafood, spice, rum. He would have been a completely free man there. Instead, they’re like, ‘Nope, we don’t want it.’ And now he’s going to an infinitely worse place,” Concha said. “Fire the lawyer and the Maryland man will be the Uganda man.”

According to court records, police in Tennessee stopped Abrego Garcia in 2022 for a traffic incident, and authorities suspected human smuggling. Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed there is more evidence that Abrego Garcia “played a significant role in an alien smuggling ring.” This is Abrego Garcia’s first criminal charge in the United States. 

WHAT IS NEXT FOR ABREGO GARCIA AFTER BEING DETAINED BY ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed that the immigrants deported alongside Abrego Garcia were removed under Title 8, which allows federal authorities to deport quickly people who enter the country illegally. They were also deported under the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law that permits the president to expel migrants from hostile nations during times of war.

Abrego Garcia filed a notice saying he fears persecution and torture in Uganda. He is also concerned Ugandan officials could deport him back to El Salvador, as the U.S. mistakenly did in March before bringing him back to the U.S. in June.