The Department of Justice has again made its position on illegal migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia known to a federal judge. It wants him out of the country.

The New York Times reported that in a court filing on Friday, the DOJ said that should his attorneys find success opening an asylum case on his behalf, the Trump administration will move to deport Abrego Garcia back to El Salvador.

His case is considered to be among the most contentious and drawn-out immigration cases in recent memory. Abrego Garcia has been in and out of the U.S. and back and forth between detention sites and the courts.

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