While campaigning, President Trump promised to prioritize deportation for people without legal status who were a threat to public safety. But Abrego Garcia, who had been living in the United States for over a decade, had no criminal record before he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador this year.

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.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

A Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and detained in one of that country's most notorious prisons was subjected to "severe beatings" and "torture", new court documents allege.Lawyers for Kilmar Ábrego García,

The Justice Dept. argued Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia's suit over his mistaken deportation should be moot.

A new court filing issued by Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team alleges that he experienced extensive mistreatment and torture while in prison in El Salvador.

On June 22, Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes of Nashville ordered Garcia to be released on bail, saying she did not believe he was a flight risk or a threat to the wider community. This decision was appealed by the federal government, but U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw of Tennessee backed Holmes's ruling and said Garcia could be released.