Judge bars ICE from immediately taking Abrego Garcia into custody if he’s released from jail

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A federal judge in Maryland has prohibited the Trump administration from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immediate immigration custody if he s disclosed from jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges according to an order issued Wednesday U S District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the U S ruling body to provide notice of three business days if Immigration and Customs Enforcement intends to initiate deportation proceedings against the Maryland construction worker The judge also ordered the governing body to restore the federal supervision that Abrego Garcia was under before he was wrongfully deported to his native El Salvador in March That supervision had allowed Abrego Garcia to live and work in Maryland for years while he periodically checked in with ICE Related Articles FDA panel on the use of antidepressants during pregnancy is alarming experts Americans are paying for Trump s tariffs not foreign companies Venezuela s returning displaced persons allege abuses in El Salvador s hell prison where US sent them Tracking Medicaid patients work status may prove laborious for states The US decision to leave UNESCO again puts a spotlight on what the agency does and why it matters Abrego Garcia became a prominent face in the debate over President Donald Trump s immigration policies following his wrongful explusion to El Salvador in March Trump s administration violated a U S immigration judge s order in that shields Abrego Garcia from deportation to El Salvador because he likely faces threats of gang violence there The smuggling development stems from a traffic stop for speeding during which Abrego Garcia was driving a wagon with nine passengers Police in Tennessee suspected human smuggling but he was allowed to drive on U S administrators have mentioned they ll try to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that isn t El Salvador such as Mexico or South Sudan before his trial starts in January because they allege he s a danger to the region A federal judge in Tennessee has been considering whether to release Abrego Garcia to await trial prompting fears from his attorneys that he would be promptly expelled by ICE In an effort to prevent his deportation Abrego Garcia s attorneys questioned the judge in Maryland to order the U S establishment to send him to that state to await his trial Short of that they questioned for at least hours notice if ICE planned to deport Abrego Garcia Abrego Garcia s American wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura is suing the Trump administration in Xinis Maryland court over his wrongful deportation in March and is trying to prevent another expulsion U S authorities have argued that Abrego Garcia can be deported because he came to the U S illegally around and because a U S immigration judge deemed him eligible for expulsion in although not to his native El Salvador Following the immigration judge s decision in Abrego Garcia was distributed under federal supervision received a federal work permit and checked in with ICE each year his attorneys have explained The Trump administration in recent times stated in court documents that they revoked Abrego Garcia s supervised release when they deemed him to be in the MS- gang and deported him in March