A court has ordered the prompt release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody, concluding his ongoing detainment lacks legal authority.
"Since his release after wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without legal justification," the judge wrote in her ruling.
The case originates in a erroneous deportation to El Salvador in March, which the government later admitted was an error. After his repatriation to the United States to answer human smuggling allegations, he was held in federal custody.
In her order, the judge noted that the authorities does not have a valid deportation order, which effectively blocks them from deporting Mr. Abrego Garcia "for now."
The court proceedings center on conflicting claims. While the Trump administration argues that Abrego Garcia is a affiliate of the MS-13 criminal organization, he categorically denies this allegation.
He has also pleaded not guilty to the conspiracy counts, which are part of a separate criminal case in Tennessee.
The judge, who was hearing his petition to deportation in a Maryland district court, ruled that he must now comply with the terms of his bond from custody in Tennessee. This decision shifts his monitoring to the Tennessee court.
This ruling represents a significant turn in a complicated legal battle featuring allegations of mistaken imprisonment and disputed gang associations.
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