A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia will stay in jail for now over concerns that he could be deported if he's released.

The DOJ said Thursday that it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him to a country that is not his native country of El Salvador.

The DOJ said Thursday that it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him to a country that is not his native country of 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 first day of a pretrial hearing for alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia recessed after nearly six hours Friday. The judge has yet to rule on keeping him in custody.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national mistakenly deported three months ago, has pleaded not guilty to federal human trafficking charges.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported in error and returned to the U.S. last week, appeared in court to face human trafficking charges in Nashville.

A magistrate judge is taking hours of testimony and arguments under advisement as she weighs whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia pending trial.

A Tennessee judge is scheduled to hear arguments about whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from jail pending the outcome of a federal trial on human smuggling charges.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty on Friday to human smuggling charges in a federal court in Tennessee.

Mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in a Nashville courtroom on Friday after being returned to the U.S. from a Salvadoran prison to face trial… ...