A judge in Maryland temporarily blocked the U.S. from deporting Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, hours after President Donald Trump hailed the man’s latest arrest by federal agents.

U.S. Judge Paula Xinis ruled Monday that Abrego Garcia must remain in his current detention facility at least until further proceedings are scheduled. He was arrested earlier in the day during a mandatory check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s field office in Baltimore.

Abrego Garcia became a key figure in the U.S. crackdown on immigration after he filed a high-profile lawsuit in March challenging his accidental deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador, part of a broader program of controversial mass deportations.

After being returned to the U.S., Abrego Garcia w

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