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.

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The Maryland man, whose erroneous deportation to El Salvador became a protracted battle over due process and a test of wills, will face human smuggling charges in Tennessee.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case started quietly, boiling down to a clerical error that moved him up on a list to land on a deportation flight destined to El Salvador in March. And then a court filing from the Trump Justice Department acknowledging the mistake brought it to the national forefront – culminating in a fraught legal battle and heated political debate.

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.

Kids, elderly, and people with respiratory or heart issues should ... and a detention hearing at a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee Friday. This comes after Abrego Garcia was sent back ...

Abrego Garcia was asked Friday afternoon by a federal judge in Nashville if he understood the issues and and he answered "Yes, I understand" through an interpreter. An arraignment and detention ...