The judge overseeing the case said Garcia was held at a notorious El Salvador prison without "lawful authority."
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man the Trump administration erroneously sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador, to be immediately freed from immigration detention.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said Garcia was held at a notorious El Salvador prison without “lawful authority.”
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