WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from a detention facility in Pennsylvania.

United States District Judge Paula Xinis granted a habeas corpus petition on Thursday. As part of the ruling, the Maryland father was slated to be released from ICE custody immediately.

Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported from Maryland to a notorious prison in El Salvador in March in violation of an immigration judge's order. He was later brought back to the U.S. to face federal charges alleging his participation in a conspiracy to smuggle undocumented migrants from Central and South America into the country. The charges stem from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee during which Abrego Garcia was found driving a van with eight passengers, none of whom had identification.

Since his return, Abreg

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