Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers said the Trump administration has made conflicting statements about whether he will be deported if released from custody while awaiting a criminal trial.

José Ramón Hernández Reyes, convicted of smuggling migrants and illegally re-entering the U.S., can stay in the U.S. for at least another year, according to court records.

Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case