U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara D. Holmes on Sunday ruled against the Department of Justice (DOJ) request for a detention hearing to determine whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in DOJ custody while awaiting trial, and instead indicated the alleged illegal immigrant smuggler would be transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody during an upcoming hearing.Â
Holmes ruled against the DOJ request to keep Abrego Garcia in its custody, claiming prosecutors failed to demonstrate the alleged human smuggler, who purportedly admitted to illegally entering the United States in March 2012, posed a flight risk.Â
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