The detention comes three days after the undocumented immigrant was freed after a federal judge determined he did not pose a flight risk or danger to the community. Trump officials had insisted Abrego would “never go free” in the United States, and ICE notified him shortly after his release Friday that the agency could deport him to Uganda within days.

Abrego’s lawyers asserted in a court filing Saturday that the government was threatening him with removal to Uganda in an effort to coerce him into pleading guilty and accepting deportation to Costa Rica — a Spanish-speaking country that is regarded as the safest in Latin America. A prior court order in Maryland mandated that the government give Abrego at least 72 hours to contest his removal to an alternate country. (snip)

Dozens of activists and supporters — carrying signs that read “Free Kilmar," chanting and singing songs — gathered outside ICE’s Baltimore field office to send Abrego off as he headed into the building to report to immigration authorities.

In the filing, Abrego Garcia's attorneys accused the federal government of trying to force their client to accept a guilty plea or face deportation to East Africa.

In July, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the government to "restore Abrego Garcia to his ICE Order of Supervision out of the Baltimore Field Office."

But Xinis also said that if the government intends to deport Abrego Garcia to a third country, it needs to provide 72 hours' notice.