A judge is demanding that the governent release famed illegal migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia from detention, pending his deportation. 

A federal judge said the Trump administration had "no lawful basis to detain and remove" the Salvadoran immigrant and Maryland resident.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be freed from immigration detention while he fights to stay in the U.S., a judge ruled Thursday, handing a major victory to the immigrant whose wrongful deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador made him a flashpoint of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. U.S. District…

Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Maryland ruled Friday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a wrongfully deported Salvadoran immigrant, could not be rearrested during a check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A federal judge blocked ICE from re‑detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia at a Maryland check‑in, citing lack of legal basis and past wrongful deportation.

WASHINGTON >> A U.S. judge today ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, ruling the U.S. government never secured a formal order for his removal from the United States.

A federal judge has ordered that U.S. immigration officials could not detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, hours after his release from immigration detention.

A federal judge ordered Friday that U.S. immigration officials could not detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, hours after his release from immigration detention

A U.S. judge has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody, after he was mistakenly deported and returned to the United States to face criminal charges. By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, gerald.koinyeneh@frontpageafricoanline.com U.S. District Judge Paula Xin

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from immigration detention on a judge's order Thursday while he fights to stay in the U.S., handing a major victory to the immigrant whose wrongful deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador made him a flashpoint of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. U.S. 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 United States without any legal basis. Abrego Garcia returned to his home in Maryland wearing a white shirt and orange hat hours after his release at 5 p.m., the deadline the judge gave the government for an update on Abrego Garcia’s release.