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.

"Kilmar, thanks to his family fighting forward, has become a symbol of strength, perseverance, and fight," Lydia Walther-Rodriguez told the crowd.

If Abrego Garcia is released pretrial, the Department of Homeland Security has indicated it would deport Abrego Garcia to a “third country,” possibly South Sudan or Mexico, rather than El Salvador, w...