Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a federal judge in Tennessee on Friday to delay his release from jail because of “contradictory statements” by President Trump's administration over whether he'll be deported upon release.

Abrego Garcia is staying in a Tennessee jail as his attorneys and federal prosecutors spar over where he will stay while he awaits trial.

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man at the center of a high-profile deportation and human smuggling case, are asking a federal judge to keep their client in jail after the Trump administration revealed in court it intends to deport the defendant to a third country if he is released from custody.