Greenbelt, Maryland — A top immigration official from the Trump administration is facing questions in federal court Friday about plans to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to a prison in his home country earlier this year before he was brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges.

File: Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura enter a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office on August 25, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the Justice Department to provide a witness for Friday's hearing with first-hand knowledge of the Trump administration's plans to remove Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, the small African nation formerly known

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