Lawyers for Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia say the Constitution demands his habeas corpus lawsuit, challenging his current detention and potential deportation, must go on during the U.S. government shutdown — and, that he should be placed on home detention.

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Lawyers for the Department of Justice filed a motion Wednesday requesting a stay in all aspects of the case, saying government attorneys “are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances, including ’emergencies involving the safety of

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