(BALTIMORE) — Attorneys for wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia went to 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 came 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 the south African country Eswatini, beyond letters sent to Abrego Garcia’s lawyers.

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday notified Abrego Garcia that it planned to deport him to Ghana. The agency told his attorneys later that the notice was “premature” and asked them to disregard the document .

Ghana’s foreign minister, Sam Okudzeto Abl

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