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Tennessee judge to hear arguments about releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from pretrial detention

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is accused of smuggling hundreds of people over nearly a decade .

He was wrongfully deported from the U.S. in March .

His attorneys say he's a danger to the community and a flight risk.

They say he was already wrongly detained in a notorious Salvadoran prison thanks to government error.

His case quickly became a rallying point for opposition to President Trump 's mass deportation agenda.

Although Abrego Garcia lives in Maryland , he is being charged in Tennessee based on a May 2022 traffic stop for speeding in the state.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol body camera video of the encounter was released to the public last month .

It also shows the officers discussing among themselves their suspicions of human smuggling.