Efforts by U.S. immigration officials to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, a country to which the Salvadoran national has no ties, has again focused attention third-country deportations.

A federal judge has temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garica to Uganda, pending a further hearing. The temporary reprieve from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis came shortly after Abrego was detained when he reported to immigration authorities in Maryland,

Abrego Garcia was arrested on Monday in Baltimore, at a check-in with immigration authorities, under 72 hours after being released from federal custody as he awaits a smuggling trial