GREENBELT, Md. - Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from federal custody is on pause for 30 days after two earlier rulings ordered his release and blocked any deportation attempts.

What we know:

On Wednesday, a U.S. district judge ordered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia be released from federal prison in Tennessee, upholding a magistrate judge’s ruling that sufficient evidence to prove that Abrego posed a public safety threat or was a flight risk was not shown.

In a separate order, another federal judge ruled that Garcia, a native of El Salvador, will remain in the United States, placing a 72-hour pause on any deportation attempts with a temporary restraining order, according to FOX News.

Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes ordered Abrego's release paused for 30 days, remaining "in the custody

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