The move came three days after Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was freed from custody in the criminal case that was filed against him in Federal District Court in Nashville.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers said their client was detained days after refusing to plead guilty to human trafficking.

Minutes after Kilmar Abrego Garcia was taken into custody by immigration officials in Baltimore on Monday, his attorneys filed a new lawsuit urging a federal judge to order his release and slow down his removal process so he can have a chance to challenge his potential deportation to Uganda.