The Government of Ghana has expressed satisfaction with the decision of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to comply with its position regarding the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an X post said the government noted that the U.S. authorities have officially acknowledged Ghana’s refusal to accept Garcia as a deportee and have since taken corrective measures.
“The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,” he wrote.
According to the government, the DHS has now informed Garcia’s legal representatives and amended its court submissions to reflect the fact that Ghana cannot be considered a destination for his deportation.
“The Mahama Administration will continue to be transparent and truthful to Ghanaians at all times, Ablakwa concluded, reaffirming the government’s commitment to due process and the protection of Ghana’s sovereignty in international matters.
The Ghanaian Government is pleased to note that our refusal to accept Abrego Garcia has been duly acknowledged and complied with by the US Department of Homeland Security.
We have also followed with satisfaction that DHS has today taken the appropriate steps to inform Garcia’s… pic.twitter.com/DGkXogu2Tm
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) October 10, 2025
Earlier, the Department of Homeland Security said it now plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Ghana, according to a notice from the agency to his attorneys.
DHS previously said it was planning to deport Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador and then brought back to the U.S., to Eswatini and Uganda.
Attorneys for Abrego Garcia will be in court on Friday for an evidentiary hearing in which government witnesses are expected to testify about the steps taken to remove him to Eswatini or elsewhere.
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison — despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution. The Trump administration claimed he was a member of the criminal gang MS-13, which his family and attorneys deny.
He was brought back to the U.S. in June to face human smuggling charges in Tennessee, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
