Abrego Garcia, the MS-13 member and alleged human trafficker that Democrats think is some innocent Maryland man, has been released from jail. It’s been a whirlwind case. He was deported to El Salvador, jailed there, then returned to the US to face human trafficking charges, the latter of which includes video evidence. He’s also a wife-beater. Garcia fought to be released, only to reverse course since he knew Immigration and Customs Enforcement were standing by to nab him.
🚨 BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has just been RELEASED by a federal judge and is back on American streets
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 22, 2025
A wife-beating, human traffcking, ILLEGAL, MS-13 gang member from EL SALVADOR is on his way to Maryland as we speak
THIS IS INSANE!
Our justice system needs an OVERHAUL! pic.twitter.com/G4rDp8T7Bw
Today, he was released, but will be re-arrested by ICE agents once he’s no longer in the custody of US Marshals (via WUSA9):
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from custody in Tennessee on Friday, allowing him to return home to Maryland while he faces federal charges of human smuggling and likely efforts by the Trump administration to deport him.
"Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free," his attorney, Sean Hecker, told WUSA9. "He is presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported, and then imprisoned, all because of the government’s vindictive attack on a man who had the courage to fight back against the Administration’s continuing assault on the rule of law. He is grateful that his access to American courts has provided meaningful due process."
Abrego Garcia’s grant of relative freedom, his first since he was unlawfully deported to El Salvador in March in violation of an immigration judge’s order, may be brief. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have said the agency will seek to swiftly detain and begin removal proceedings to a third, as-yet-unidentified country once Abrego Garcia is no longer in the custody of U.S. Marshals.
Last month, a federal judge in Maryland barred ICE from immediately re-arresting Abrego Garcia. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered him returned to the same supervision conditions he was under prior to his deportation in March. She also ordered ICE to provide at least 72 hours’ notice before initiating any new efforts to remove Abrego Garcia from the country.
There’s going to be more legal hoops. We can’t deport this guy tomorrow, since rogue district judges made a hash of this case. Regardless, he will never be allowed to return to his old life. We have time; he doesn’t. Saying ‘adios’ is going to be the endgame here.
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