Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are accusing President Donald Trump's administration of pretending for weeks to be powerless to return him to the United States from El Salvador.

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man arrested by the government and sent to an El Salvador prison in error and then returned to the United States, argue that he should be freed from jail pending trial.

Trump administration seeks dismissal of Abrego Garcia deportation case after his return to U.S., while lawyers plan sanctions over handling of his transfer from El Salvador.

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald mocked his Democratic colleagues for celebrating the return of Salvadorian immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S., as it will likely lead to a more severe incarceration.

Prosecutors have asked a judge for a pre-trial detention hearing in the human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, after he was brought back to the U.S. Friday.

To say the Trump administration has "complied" with a judge's order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "pure farce," his attorneys said in a filing.