A US federal judge in Maryland ordered on Wednesday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador native whose wrongful deportation has been the subject of numerous lawsuits and federal court rebukes this year, is not to be deported from the US as cases involving him wind their way through the courts.

US District Judge Paula Xinis ordered that, as Abrego Garcia’s petition for habeas corpus and other legal proceedings continue, Abrego Garcia must be detained within 200 miles of the US District Court of the District of Maryland courthouse so he may maintain access to both his criminal and habeas counsel.

During court proceedings on Wednesday, Abrego Garcia’s attorneys told Xinis that he intends to seek asylum in the US, his second attempt after his first was denied in 2019.

The order came

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