Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been detained by immigration authorities in Baltimore. However, a blanket court order automatically pauses any effort to immediately deport Abrego Garcia and other immigrants challenging their detention.

Abrego Garcia could be detained by ICE and deported to Uganda as early as this week, after his arrival to the ICE Field Office.

"Your clients are absolutely forbidden at this juncture to remove Mr. Abrego Garcia from the continental United States," Judge Xinis told government attorneys.

The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.

Kilmar Abrego García was detained Monday morning at Baltimore’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office while appearing for a routine ICE check-in. He is being processed for deportation to Uganda,

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.

"This administration has hit us hard, but I want to tell you guys something: God is with us, and God will never leave us,” Abrego Garcia said, speaking through a translator. “God will bring justice to all the injustice we are suffering.

CASA is organizing a Baltimore rally to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who could face deportation to Uganda after his recent jail release.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda and has been offered a plea deal that includes eventual deportation to Costa Rica.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s aggressive effort to remove noncitizens from the U.S., was detained by immigration authorities in