"Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the United States, has been freed from detention on a judge's order and returned to his home, according to reports. Abrego Garcia was due to check in with US immigration officials on Friday, The Associated Press news agency reported, a day after returning to his home following his release from an immigration processing centre in the latest twist in a convoluted case of deportation and detention targeting the Maryland man."
"In a ruling on Thursday, US District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to let Abrego Garcia go immediately, writing that federal authorities had detained him again after his return to the US without any legal basis."
"The Department of Homeland Security slammed Thursday's ruling and said it would appeal, labelling the decision as naked judicial activism by a judge appointed during President Barack Obama's administration."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from detention on a judge's order and returned to his Maryland home after being wrongfully deported to El Salvador. A federal court found that he had been detained again after returning to the US without legal basis. Abrego Garcia has an American wife and children and has lived in Maryland under protected status since 2019 due to risk of gang violence in his home country. He was among more than 200 people sent to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison during the Trump administration's crackdown. The Department of Homeland Security has pledged to appeal the ruling.
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