Justice Department attorney Jonathan Guynn said the removal proceedings would be to a 'third country.' But the prosecutor also said there are 'no imminent plans' to deport Abrego Garcia.

President Donald Trump’s administration will deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a country other than his native El Salvador if he is released from jail in Tennessee, a federal prosecutor told a federal judge in Maryland Thursday.

Abrego Garcia asked a judge to order his return to Maryland and avoid ICE detention, but the DOJ argued sanctions were unwarranted due to good-faith efforts.