Immigration officials can’t re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia without a hearing, federal judge orders Nation Dec 12, 2025 10:54 AM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — 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 his release from a detention center.

The order came as Abrego Garcia appeared at a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office roughly 14 hours after he walked out of immigration detention facility in Pennsylvania.

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His lawyers had sent an urgent request to the judge, warning that ICE officials could immediately place

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