JUST IN: Migrant Trump Imprisoned In El Salvador Has Been Released From Criminal Custody
Jennifer Bowers Bahney Aug 22nd, 2025, 3:22 pm
FILE – Katheryn Millwee holds a portrait of Kilmar Abrego Garcia outside the federal courthouse on June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration before being returned to the United States, has been released from criminal custody, according to ABC News.
Abrego Garcia was released from criminal custody in Tennessee on Friday and is heading back to Maryland with the help of private security, his attorney told ABC News. Abrego Garcia’s case became a flashpoint of contention in the early days of the Trump administration, which admitted he