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,