Abrego Garcia is released from prison and returns to Maryland to wait

El Salvador immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from federal custody on Friday Tennessee Although his legal lawsuit is far from over, he will return to his family in Maryland.

Abrego Garcia, accused of transporting illegal immigrants in the United States, will continue to be under supervision by immigration and customs enforcement until his trial scheduled for January 2026. The criminal investigation led to these charges, which stemmed from a traffic stop in 2022, later revealed that he was revealed in the issue of El Salvad, which was detained on the issue of El Salvad, which was sentenced for Laura.

As part of his conditions for his release from the Putnam County Jail, Abrego Garcia will wear a surveillance device and stay in Maryland. The Justice Department opposed his release, accusing him of posing a danger to the community.

Attorney Abrego Garcia filed a motion to dismiss Trump Justice Department’s criminal charges

A Maryland judge also blocked the ICE last month, deporting it immediately if he was released in prison, a move taken after a Justice Department attorney told the court that the government could expel him if he was awarded a pre-trial.

U.S. District Court Judge Paula Xinis has been in charge of a month-long civil case since March involving Abrego Garcia his family brought in in March Order the government Before starting any deportation procedures, give Abrego Garcia a 72-hour notice period so that he can access his lawyer and be able to remove him from third countries such as Mexico or South Sudan.

The Trump administration told Sinis at a hearing last month that they would immediately seek to detain Abrego Garcia after being released from Tennessee federal detention centers and begin revoking the process, prompting Sinis to issue an order.

A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus posted a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia at a press conference discussing Abrego Garcia’s arrest and deportation at the Cannonhouse office building in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador in March for violating a 2019 court order, which Trump administration officials later admitted was “administrative error.”

More than a decade ago, Abrego Garcia illegally entered the country Maryland When authorities deported him to the highest security prison in El Salvador in March, they were with his wife and children.

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Trump officials have repeatedly claimed that Abrego Garcia is a vicious MS-13 gang member – the notion of U.S. overseeing his criminal case in Tennessee is considered “fantasy”, and the judge, Waverly Crenshaw and U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Holmes.

His attorney is now using these remarks to argue with the judge that Tennessee’s prosecution is “selective and foul” and that his allegations should be discarded on these grounds.

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