Monrovia-November 4, 2025: A former Captain of the Armed Forces of Liberia, Jerry K. Kollie has called on the Liberian government to provide more convincing explanation as to what makes Liberia a suitable ground to dump an alleged terrorist who is declared a security threat to the United States of America.

Captain Kollie’s call comes in the wake of debate over an agreement between Liberia and the U.S. to deport an alleged notorious gang member, Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, based on what the Liberian government calls humanitarian gesture.

The news of Mr. Garcia being designated for deportation to the West African state which is still grappling with security challenges ranging from the proliferation of drugs and incidents of violent crimes, has left many in shock.

Captain Kollie shared the view of some other critical voices and ordinary Liberians who are left gravely concerned about bringing to Liberia, a man considered a threat and is therefore undesirable to the world’s super power, the United States of America.

He called on the government to go beyond what he termed as political justification and instead provide genuine information that would ease the fears of the population by communicating the appropriate guarantees under such an arrangement.

A federal judge in the state of Maryland on Monday, October 27, 2025, sought assurances that the U.S. Government will not deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia before an injunction barring his removal from the U.S. is lifted.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a notice of their plan to deport Garcia to Liberia, the latest in a series of African countries the agency has designated as possible destinations for the Salvadoran national.

Abrego Garcia who has an American wife and child, has lived in Maryland for years, but he immigrated to the U.S. illegally as a teenager.

In 2019, an immigration judge granted him protection from being deported back to El Salvador, where he faces a “well-founded fear” of violence from a gang that targeted his family. His mistaken deportation to El Salvador, where he was held in a notoriously brutal prison galvanized opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Liberia’s Foreign Minister Nyanti

During a status conference on Monday, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis questioned why the government does not simply deport Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica—a country he has said he is willing to go to because the government there has promised he would be welcomed as a legal immigrant and not re-deported to El Salvador.

She noted that both the government and Abrego Garcia were “about to burn significant resources” in fighting over whether he can legally be deported to Liberia.

Meanwhile, the Immigration & Custom Enforcement (ICE) was said to be preparing to interview Abrego Garcia after he filed an official notice expressing fear of his deportation to Liberia. His attorneys told the judge they have received some confidential documents pertaining to assurances from the Liberian government about how Abrego Garcia would be treated. However, they are not satisfied by what they have received have received from the government of Liberia.

The Trump administration’s deportation agreements with so-called third countries have been contested in court by advocacy groups, who have argued that they violate due process rights and that immigrants are being sent to countries with long histories of human rights violations.

Mr. Garcia being escorted by US Security

In Liberia, there is apprehension and anxiety about the government’s offer or agreement to bring to Liberia, Mr. Garcia who is accused by the U.S. of being a member of the notorious MS-13 gang, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. They see his alleged Link as a security threat.

Liberians from across the political divide, continue to express concern that the Garcia deal could make Liberia a site to dispose of U.S. deportees who are rejected by other African countries like Uganda and Ghana.

The Garcia issue is said to be one of the considerations and outcomes of Liberian government’s recent engagement with Washington, including the much-celebrated new U.S. visa policy.