The Justice Department’s “current plan” is to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a third country — not El Salvador — if the wrongly deported Maryland man is freed from federal

During a three-hour hearing, a frustrated U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis appeared incredulous over the administration’s lack of a definite plan for deporting Abrego after a Justice Department attorney said that was the plan.

Meanwhile, Federal Magistrate Barbara Holmes, who is presiding over the criminal case in Tennessee, has delayed Abrego-Garcia’s potential release from jail until at least July 16. At that time, Holmes will consider whether she has the authority to block DHS from deporting Abrego Garcia before trial.