DOJ says whereabouts of Maryland immigrant wrongly deported to El Salvador are unknown

The Justice Department says the whereabouts of Kilmar Abrego Garcia are unknown after the Supreme Court ruled that the Maryland-based Salvadoran immigrant must be returned to the United States.

Xinis on Thursday evening ordered the DOJ to file the following information no later than 9:30 a.m. on Friday: "(1) the current physical location and custodial status of Abrego Garcia; (2) what steps, if any, Defendants have taken to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s immediate return to the United States; and (3) what additional steps Defendants will take, and when, to facilitate his return." "I’m not asking for state secrets. I’m asking where one man is." "There’s no evidence as to where he is today. And that is extremely troubling." "Defendants are not in a position where they ‘can’ share any information requested by the Court. That is the reality." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.

DOJ officials and AbregoGarcia's attorneys had a hearing in federal court on Friday afternoon, at which point Judge Xinis repeatedly asked DOJ attorney Drew Ensign about Garcia's whereabouts.