Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are trying to prove that criminal charges against him are vindictive and should be dismissed.

Immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge’s order banning it stands.

The Justice Department says 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 El Salvador.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in federal court in Tennessee.