WASHINGTON — A US judge on Thursday ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in President Trump’s immigration crackdown, released from immigration detention as he awaits a potential second deportation.

The order from US District Judge Paula Xinis means that Abrego Garcia will at least temporarily be allowed to return to his Maryland home despite repeated declarations from Trump administration officials that he would never again be free in the US.

The judge’s decision to free Abrego Garcia marked the latest major development in a saga that began in March when Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported to a prison in his native El Salvador and then brought back to the US in June to face human smuggling charges.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Kilmar

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