For the third time in a little more than a month, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was in a Nashville courthouse July 16, for a hearing meant to determine whether he remains in federal custody. Judge Waverly Crenshaw said at the conclusion of the two-hour hearing that he will likely rule next week.

A federal judge in Tennessee says he won't immediately rule on whether to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from jail as he awaits trial on human smuggling charges.

The federal human trafficking case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia continues on Wednesday in Nashville. Abrego Garcia returned to the Fred D. Thompson Federal Building & Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon,