Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland construction worker who was deported to El Salvador and then returned to the U.S. to face charges of smuggling, has been released from prison in Tennessee, his attorney says.

Attorney Sean Hecker released the following statement to Scripps News:

"Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. 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 release comes under a judge's order, which set the terms of release pending a trial date that’

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