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A federal judge blocked immigration officials Friday from re-detaining Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, hours after ordering his release from a Pennsylvania detention center.

Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison in March despite a court order protecting him from removal due to gang threats.

The Trump administration brought him back in June but now seeks to deport him to African countries while he faces human smuggling charges in Tennessee.

BALTIMORE — A federal judge blocked U.S. immigration authorities on Friday from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying she feared they might take him into custody again just hours after she had ordered

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