Judge again delays Abrego Garcia's release from Tennessee jail over deportation concerns
Abrego Garcia's attorneys had asked the judge to delay his release because of what they described as 'contradictory statements' by President Donald Trump's administration over what would happen to the Salvadoran national. The lawyers wrote in a brief to the court that 'we cannot put any faith in any representation made on this issue' by the Justice Department, adding that the 'irony of this request is not lost on anyone.'
Abrego Garcia, a construction worker who had been living in Maryland, became a flashpoint over Trump's hardline immigration policies when he was mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador in March. Facing mounting pressure and a Supreme Court order, Trump's Republican administration returned him this month to face the smuggling charges, which his attorneys have called 'preposterous.'
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