U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, during the Monday court appearance for the lawsuit brought against the federal government by Kilmar Abrego Garcia, called for an additional hearing on Thursday, when she instructed the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide additional information about the possible fate of the alleged human smuggler if he enters the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Currently held by the DOJ in pretrial confinement after being returned to Tennessee on June 6, the Thursday court date for the immigration case will occur less than one week before U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw will hear arguments over the possible reversal of an earlier ruling by Magistrate Barbara Holmes, which denied prosecutors a detention hearing for Abrego Garcia.
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