Maryland leaders are weighing in after learning that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday and reunited with his family. He will be returning to Maryland, "where he rightly belongs," Sen. Chris Van Hollen said.

His release comes almost six months after he was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran prison, then returned to the U.S. and charged with federal smuggling offenses.

In a statement, his lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, said, "For the first time since March, our client Kilmar Abrego Garcia is reunited with his loving family. While his release brings some relief, we all know that he is far from safe. ICE detention or deportation to an unknown third country still threaten to

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