A federal judge on Friday said she would try to issue an order quickly in the deportation case of Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Accused of being an MS-13 gang member, Abrego Garcia was deported and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center, a megaprison in El Salvador, last March. He gained national attention as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to deport suspected immigrant gang members living illegally in the U.S. He was seen as a hardened criminal by the administration and as a victim by Trump’s opponents.

After being deported to El Salvador, he was brought back to U.S. soil in June under a court order.

In Friday’s testimony hearing, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis appeared to grow impatient with the federal government’s legal team and its efforts to deport him to

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