(NewsNation) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from a Tennessee jail and is being escorted to his home in Maryland, The Associated Press reported.

He may be detained upon arrival as Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to seek his detention.

"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," said attorney Sean Hecker.

Abrego Garcia was deported from the U.S. to El Salvador in March, a violation of a court order preventing

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