A Justice Department attorney told a federal judge during a hearing Monday in Maryland that the government's "plan at this stage" is to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a third country if he is released on bond by a judge in Tennessee, where he is facing human smuggling charges.

The Justice Dept. argued Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia's suit over his mistaken deportation should be moot.

Maryland judge to hear motions on Salvadorian migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia's status after his controversial deportation and the Trump administration's reluctant compliance with her orders.