The judge did not rule immediately on whether he will stay in custody while he awaits trial, the latest event in a monthslong back-and-forth since he was erroneously sent to a prison in El Salvador.

The new details about Abrego Garcia’s alleged “full-time job” come from co-conspirators and witnesses cooperating with the feds’ human smuggling case against the Salvadoran national.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling in Tennessee, with defence claiming the charges are meant to justify his mistaken deportation.