The Trump administration could deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a country other than El Salvador if he is released from jail, officials said Thursday.

On June 22, Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes of Nashville ordered Garcia to be released on bail, saying she did not believe he was a flight risk or a threat to the wider community. This decision was appealed by the federal government, but U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw of Tennessee backed Holmes's ruling and said Garcia could be released.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the United States and facing human smuggling charges in Tennessee, but his future is far from certain.