Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at the center of the fierce deportation battle, renewed their call Monday that their own client remain in pretrial detention, saying they fear he’ll be quickly deported if he is released in the criminal case against him.
Mr. Abrego Garcia is the man who was deported by the U.S. in March, then un-deported in June — and is now facing a criminal case on a charge of migrant smuggling, though federal authorities hinted they believed he was guilty of far more than that.
His lawyers had been arguing for him to be released pending his trial, but have in recent weeks reversed course and now want him kept in criminal detention for at least 30 days, fearing otherwise he’ll be turned over to Homeland Security for speedy deportation.
“Given the uncertainty of the outcome of any removal proceedings, Mr. Abrego respectfully requests that,