Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team asked a judge at a hearing Friday to order that he not be removed from the United States without at least 72 hours notice should he be released on bond from detention in Tennessee.

The Salvadoran national could be released from a Tennessee jail as soon as next Wednesday to await trial on human smuggling charges.

In the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the administration appears primarily concerned with ensuring that a man it has described as a “dangerous illegal alien” never walks free on U.S. soil.

Judge Paula Xinis questioned the Justice Department over the timing of a criminal investigation of Salvadorian migrant Abrego Garcia, who was returned after his erroneous deportation.

The Justice Department was back in court on Friday as the judge grew more and more frustrated. After a hearing the day before ended with an annoyed judge who wasn't able to get any straight answers out of a witness,

Newly released communications show the lengths the Trump administration went to in order to label Kilmar Abrego Garcia an MS-13 leader.