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.

Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. presided over the Kilmar Ábrego García bail hearing on Wednesday and indicated that the Justice Department struggled to reach the high standard required to declare him a danger to the community.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego, the migrant returned to the U.S. after being wrongly deported to El Salvador, is due in court on Wednesday on human smuggling charges as the future of his criminal case and his presence in the country remain uncertain.