Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask judge to keep him in jail over deportation concerns
Prosecutors have agreed with a request by Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers to delay his Tennessee jail release. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers asked a judge for the delay Friday because of “contradictory statements” by President Donald Trump’s administration over whether he’ll be deported upon release. A judge in Nashville has been preparing to release Abrego Garcia to await trial on human smuggling charges. The judge has been holding off over concerns immigration officials would try to deport him. The Justice Department says it intends to try Abrego Garcia on the smuggling charges. A Justice Department attorney said earlier there were plans to deport him but didn’t say when. The Maryland construction worker previously was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
