A Maryland man whose wrongful deportation became synonymous with the Trump administration's anti-immigration agenda is out of jail and heading home, according to his defense attorney.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 30, left Tennessee on Friday in order to reunite with his family in the Old Line State, attorney Sean Hecker said.

"Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free," the lawyer said in a statement. "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."

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