Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains in jail this week as lawyers argue over whether the U.S. Department of Justice can stop him from being deported.

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.

Federal prosecutors told a judge in Maryland on Thursday that the government plans to initiate removal proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and to deport him to a country that is not his native El Salvador upon his release from a Tennessee jail.