Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem condemned the Friday release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported but returned to the U.S., calling it a "new low."

Abrego Garcia has been petitioning for his release from federal custody since his March deportation to El Salvador. U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes on Friday ordered the release of Abrego Garcia from a Tennessee jail.

"Activist liberal judges have attempted to obstruct our law enforcement every step of the way in removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from our country," Noem said in a Friday statement. "Today, we reached a new low with this publicity hungry Maryland judge mandating this illegal alien who is a MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abuser, and child predator be all

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