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The Trump administration signaled to a federal judge on Monday during a hearing that it would rather deport Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Africa than follow through with prosecuting him on charges of transporting illegal migrants.

Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland grilled a Department of Justice lawyer over the plans, asking if the administration would remove Abrego Garcia to Liberia this week if it could overcome legal hurdles. Xinis currently has an injunction in place blocking Abrego Garcia from being deported.

"I have been told that if there was no prohibition, we would remove him on Friday," DOJ lawyer Drew Ensign said.

Xinis pressed Ensign about Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee , and Ensign repl

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