The Salvadoran man at the center of a high-profile deportation and human smuggling case under the Trump administration, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is asking a federal judge in Maryland to intervene and block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from removing him from the United States while his criminal trial proceeds.

The Justice Department says it intends to try Kilmar Abrego Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him, addressing fears that he could be expelled again from the U.