(The Hill) – Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported but returned to the U.S., has been released from a Tennessee jail and is headed to Maryland, his lawyer told The Hill.

His lawyer, Sean Hecker, confirmed to The Hill that he has been released from criminal custody and is en route to his family.

Hecker said in a statement that Abrego Garcia was “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.”

"Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free," Hecker said.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes signed the order for Abrego Garcia’s release on Friday.

Abrego Garcia’s attorneys wrote in court filings earlier this week that th

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