Mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a Tennessee-based federal judge to delay any ruling to release him by 30 days as his legal team seeks clarity on the Trump administration's plans to deport him.

Attorneys for Abrego Garcia said the delay was needed “given the uncertainty of the outcome of any removal proceedings.”

The Department of Justice has not objected to the request.

Abrego Garcia spent weeks imprisoned in El Salvador after being deported due to an administrative error despite a 2019 order from an immigration judge barring him from being returned to his home country.

Attorneys for the Justice Department said if Abrego Garcia were to be released,........

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