Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorneys have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to order the Trump administration to stop making statements about his case after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem publicly called him a "horrible human being" who should "never be released.

A federal judge in Nashville ruled Wednesday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be released from criminal custody in Tennessee pending trial on human smuggling charges. The order came shortly after a Maryland court,

The native of El Salvador, who was mistakenly sent to his home country earlier this year, will for now remain in custody in Tennessee, where he faces criminal charges.