Minutes after Kilmar Abrego Garcia was taken into custody by immigration officials in Baltimore on Monday, his attorneys filed a new lawsuit urging a federal judge to order his release and slow down his removal process so he can have a chance to challenge his potential deportation to Uganda.

Abrego's lawyers filed a new lawsuit seeking to stave off another deportation after he was taken back into custody on Monday.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is at the center of a new lawsuit against the Trump administration, wherein his legal team questions the legality of his potential deportation to Uganda, citing fears of persecution.