Kilmar Abrego Garcia accompanied by his attorney, released from jail in Putnam County, Tennessee on August 22, 2025. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) Photograph by John Partipilo/ Tennessee Lookout ©2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation to a prison in El Salvador brought widespread public scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown tactics, was released from a rural Tennessee jail on Friday, four months after being detained while driving to his Maryland home.

Abrego is expected to be escorted back to Maryland by a private security firm and report for pretrial supervision, according to conditions sought by his attorneys approved by a federal magistrate in Nashville. He will also be under the supervision of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, whic

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