PHILIPSBURG, Pa. -- Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania after an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney's office.

Abrego Garcia's attorney confirmed he was released just before 5 p.m. Thursday and told The Associated Press he plans to return to Maryland, where he has an American wife and child and where he has lived for years after originally immigrating to the U.S. illegally as a teenager. Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said he's not sure what comes next, but he's prepared to defend his client against further deportation efforts.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland earlier Thursday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to let Abrego Garcia go immediately, writing that federal authori

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