(CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was unlawfully deported to El Salvador earlier this year, was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after turning himself into a facility in Baltimore.
His attorney, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, told CNN earlier that he expected that Abrego Garcia would be taken into custody. Trump administration officials have repeatedly said he would be detained if released from criminal custody in a case brought against him in Tennessee earlier this year.
“Regardless of what happens today in my ICE check-in, promise me this,” Abrego Garcia said at a rally with members of his family, immigration activists, and community leaders before reporting to the ICE facility on Monday. “Promise me that you will continue to pray, continue to