The exchanges unfolded at a hearing in Federal District Court in Nashville intended to determine whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should be freed from criminal custody as he awaits trial.

A federal judge on Wednesday delayed making a ruling on whether Kilmar Ábrego García should be released from jail as he awaits trial, multiple outlets reported.

Los abogados del Departamento de Justicia han dicho que el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) detendrá a Ábrego García si es liberado. Los funcionarios del ICE han dicho que iniciarán procedimientos de deportación contra el salvadoreño y posiblemente intentarán enviarlo a un tercer país como México o Sudán del Sur.

Judge Paula Xinis proposed a 48-hour hold on deporting Abrego Garcia from the United States again, but the government refused to agree to those terms.

Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. presided over the Kilmar Ábrego García bail hearing on Wednesday and indicated that the Justice Department struggled to reach the high standard required to declare him a danger to the community.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego, the migrant returned to the U.S. after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, is due in court on Wednesday on human smuggling charges as the future of his criminal case and his presence in the country remain uncertain.