Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be in court in Maryland on Friday for an evidentiary hearing in which government witnesses are expected to testify about the steps taken to remove him from the United States.

The hearing comes after U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis appeared exasperated on Monday with government attorneys who could not answer if there was additional evidence about plans to deport him to Eswatini, beyond letters sent to Abrego Garcia's lawyers.

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday told Abrego Garcia's attorneys that it now plans to deport him to Ghana.

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The Salvadoran national's attorneys have argued that if there are no current plans for his imminent removal, Abrego Garcia should be released fro

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