The Trump administration wants Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain in custody as he awaits a Tennessee trial over charges including human trafficking.

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.

In new court filings from Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team, attorneys called out the government for "flouting" rather than following court orders.

To say the Trump administration has "complied" with a judge's order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "pure farce," his attorneys said in a filing.

Critics say the administration’s human trafficking charges against Abrego Garcia should be viewed with skepticism.

Abrego Garcia's attorneys are seeking contempt sanctions in Maryland, where his family filed a lawsuit to bring the legally protected dad back to the U.S. The post ‘Pure farce’: Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia refuse to give up on contempt charges,

The Department of Justice is seeking to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia in custody pending his federal criminal trial in Tennessee on two counts of unlawfully transporting undocumented aliens.