Federal prosecutors in Tennessee on Monday asked a magistrate judge for a pre-trial detention hearing in the human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia , after he was brought back to the U.S. on Friday to face charges.

The prosecutors contend the government is entitled to a pre-trial detention hearing because the charged conspiracy allegedly involved the transportation of "undocumented, unaccompanied children," according to court documents.

The filing comes after Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes on Friday told prosecutors at Abrego Garcia's initial court appearance that the crimes alleged in the indictment did not presumptively entitle the government to a detention hearing, and asked for supplemental briefing.

Abrego Garcia was brought back to the U.S. from his native El Salva

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