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Tennessee Judge Delays Bail Ruling for Wrongfully Deported Kilmar Abrego García

He remains in federal detention in Tennessee until Judge Crenshaw rules next week on prosecutors’ bid to revoke his bail.

Jennifer Vasquez Sura, center, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, joins supporters of Abrego Garcia as they rally outside of the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., where a hearing was scheduled to be held on returning him to Maryland, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Supporters of Kilmar Abrego Garcia rally outside of the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., where a hearing was scheduled to be held on returning him to Maryland, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, center, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, joins supporters of Abrego Garcia as they rally outside of the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., where a hearing was scheduled to be held on returning him to Maryland, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Supporters of Kilmar Abrego Garcia rally outside of the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., where a hearing was scheduled to be held on returning him to Maryland, Monday, July 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Overview

  • A magistrate judge in Nashville ordered his release on bail in June, finding prosecutors had not shown he posed a flight risk or threat to public safety.
  • Prosecutors argued that no set of bail conditions could ensure his appearance or community safety and called a Homeland Security agent to testify about a 2022 traffic stop.
  • During the July 16 hearing, Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. questioned the government’s detention arguments and took the appeal under advisement, keeping Abrego García detained until his ruling next week.
  • A separate federal suit in Maryland overseen by Judge Paula Xinis remains unresolved as she considers mandating at least 72 hours’ advance notice before any deportation attempt.
  • Abrego García, who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador in March despite a 2019 protection order and returned in June, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of human smuggling.