A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official testified Thursday in federal court in Maryland that the agency doesn’t know where Kilmar Abrego Garcia will be deported should he be released from federal custody next week.

Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant, was deported to his home country but was returned to the U.S. to face human smuggling charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty. The Trump administration asserts that he is a member of the MS-13 gang.

Thomas Giles, assistant director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, testified in front of U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, The Hill reported.

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