WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, ruling that the U.S. government never secured a formal order for his removal from the United States.

The order from ‍U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland means that Abrego 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 U.S.

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

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