The judge did not rule immediately on whether he will stay in custody while he awaits trial, the latest event in a monthslong back-and-forth since he was erroneously sent to a prison in El Salvador.

The new details about Abrego Garcia’s alleged “full-time job” come from co-conspirators and witnesses cooperating with the feds’ human smuggling case against the Salvadoran national.

The plea was the first chance the Maryland construction worker has had in a U.S. courtroom to answer the Trump administration’s allegations against him.