(NewsNation) — The attorney of Kilmar Abrego Garcia tells NewsNation that his client's return to the United States is "political" in nature.

Benjamin Osario joined "CUOMO" on Friday to discuss the Trump administration bringing his client back to the United States to face trafficking charges.

Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador due to an administrative error, returned to the U.S. to face federal charges, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday.

"I think that they are counting on trying to get a conviction here that would satisfy a criminal bar to his stay of removal," Osario said.

"So if they can accomplish a criminal conviction here, they have another way to sort of attack the immigration protection he had. So I think that's the goal."

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