Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Justice Department lawyers contend Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be jailed while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking.
Abrego Garcia was charged with working with at least five co-conspirators as part of a smuggling ring to bring immigrants to the United States illegally.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s subsequent arrival to El Salvador sparked a saga of protests and distrust between Trump’s administration and citizens. It continues Friday at a court in Tennessee.
Prosecutors have asked a judge for a pre-trial detention hearing in the human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after he was brought back to the U.S. Friday.