Abrego Garcia | Courtesy: MGN

Washington — A Maryland judge on Thursday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year, from immigration custody.

The decision from U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis granted Abrego Garcia’s habeas petition to release him from custody. It is a significant victory for Abrego Garcia, whose immigration case became a major flashpoint in President Trump’s mass-deportation campaign when he was removed to El Salvador earlier this year.

In her order, Xinis found that there was no final order of removal from the government to deport Abrego Garcia from the United States, despite the Trump administration’s repeated attempts to remove him.

“Because respondents have no statutory author

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