Kilmar Abrego Garcia Freed From Federal Immigration Detention, His Attorney’s Office Says

PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office. Abrego Garcia’s attorney’s office confirmed he was released just before 5 p.m. His attorney earlier told The Associated Press he plans to return to Maryland, where he has an American wife and child and where he has lived for years after originally immigrating to the U.S. illegally as a teenager. Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said he’s not sure what comes next, but he’s prepared to defend his client against further deportation efforts.

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