U.S. doesn't know where it would send Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ICE official testifies

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said that if Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, were to be released from pretrial detention, ICE officials have not determined where he would be sent. 

"There's been no decision made, as he is not in ICE custody," Thomas Giles, assistant director for ICE enforcement and removal operations, testified in federal court in Maryland Thursday. 

But Giles said ICE would take custody of Abrego Garcia "as soon as possible" and the transfer would take place in Tennessee, where he's being detained before his trial on human trafficking charges. He said that the Salvadoran native's detention location would be "based on bed space availability," and added that ICE lacks the resources to work on the case until he is in ICE custody.