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BumRushDaShow

(160,177 posts) Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:14 PM Aug 22

Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody in Tennessee

Source: ABC News

August 22, 2025, 2:30 PM

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March before being brought back to the U.S., has been released from criminal custody in Tennessee and is on his way to Maryland, an attorney for Abrego Garcia told ABC News.

The Salvadoran native has been in criminal custody since the federal government brought him back to the U.S. in June to face human smuggling charges.

Once he is is released, immigration authorities will not be allowed to detain Abrego Garcia due to a ruling from a federal judge who last month ordered the government to return him to Maryland and blocked the administration from deporting him upon his release in Tennessee.

Abrego Garcia's lawyers said this week that they hired a private security company to bring him to Maryland.
In her July order, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled that the U.S. government "shall restore Abrego Garcia to his ICE Order of Supervision out of the Baltimore Field Office."

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-released-friday-criminal-custody/story?id=124874189&cid=social_twitter_abcn

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody in Tennessee (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 22 OP

I hope Mr. Garcia sues the britches off this malicious administration Bayard Aug 22 #1

Good. nt SunSeeker Aug 22 #2

Very good. drray23 Aug 22 #3

That's great news (assuming the young man actually makes it back to Maryland and resumes life) AZJonnie Aug 22 #4

The Stylist Was Sent Back to Venezuela Deep State Witch Aug 22 #12

Thanks much for the update, I guess that is something of a relief AZJonnie Aug 22 #13

Best news I've heard all day kimbutgar Aug 22 #5

I really hope he remains a free man. Jim__ Aug 22 #6

Deadline: Legal Blog-Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody as deportation threat looms LetMyPeopleVote Aug 22 #7

Old enough to remember DHS saying he would never be free in the US again Prairie Gates Aug 22 #8

And before that BumRushDaShow Aug 22 #10

Here's a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia being released from jail. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 22 #9

Happy to hear this bluestarone Aug 22 #11

Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be Deported republianmushroom Aug 22 #14

Yes, and that contradicts Xini's ruling. intheflow Aug 23 #15

Welcome back, Kilmar Abrego Garcia! 🙏💪 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 23 #16

Bayard

(26,974 posts)

1. I hope Mr. Garcia sues the britches off this malicious administration

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:18 PM

Aug 22

SunSeeker

(56,673 posts)

2. Good. nt

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:19 PM

Aug 22

drray23

(8,414 posts)

3. Very good.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:25 PM

Aug 22

However, there is a narrow loophole the administration can use to try and deport him again ( according to the linked article).

I would not be surprised if this administration either ignores the judge ruling outright or come up with a way to exploit that loophole and get him deported.

AZJonnie

(1,515 posts)

4. That's great news (assuming the young man actually makes it back to Maryland and resumes life)

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:27 PM

Aug 22

Now, every single ONE of them sent to that hellish gulag that is not:

a) From El Salvador, and
b) Convicted of a felony charge in the USA or elsewhere

NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT THE F*** BACK!!! After that, you can send the felons back to where they came from, that's fine, but that's a small % of them as I recall.

What's up with that poor stylist, for example? That whole transfer was wildly illegal and the IQ47 regime needs to be held liable for kidnapping and torture.

Deep State Witch

(12,198 posts)

12. The Stylist Was Sent Back to Venezuela

Reply to AZJonnie (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:19 PM

Aug 22

And told horrific tales of SA and torture.

AZJonnie

(1,515 posts)

13. Thanks much for the update, I guess that is something of a relief

Reply to Deep State Witch (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 07:41 PM

Aug 22

Being back to his home country to maybe be kidnapped and tortured by Maduro is at least a step up from being actively in the state of kidnapped and tortured in a foreign country, so there's that.

He should have been brought back HERE, where his home is

kimbutgar

(26,033 posts)

5. Best news I've heard all day

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:28 PM

Aug 22

I hope he gets some counseling because what he experienced was horrendous.

Jim__

(14,925 posts)

6. I really hope he remains a free man.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:37 PM

Aug 22

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,809 posts)

7. Deadline: Legal Blog-Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody as deportation threat looms

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 03:50 PM

Aug 22

Abrego won release from criminal custody in Tennessee. But the administration has signaled it still wants to deport him.

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody as deportation threat looms
— MSNBC (@msnbc.com) 2025-08-22T19:21:30.959Z

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/kilmar-abrego-garcia-release-order-trump-ice-el-salvador-rcna219103

After his release in Tennessee, Abrego is set to travel to Maryland, where he was living before his removal in March. The government said in a court filing that it didn’t object to him being given two days to travel to Maryland after his release from criminal custody, with the understanding that he would be placed on electronic monitoring before his release.

Abrego’s lawyers said they were retaining a private security firm to transport him from Tennessee to Maryland. They also requested that, if Abrego is taken into immigration custody when he returns to Maryland, that the authorities ensure that he has access to his lawyers to prepare for his criminal trial.

In the same filing in which the government said it didn’t object to him having two days to return to Maryland, it said it wouldn’t oppose his lawyers having access to him if he is taken into immigration custody “at a future point.” But it also said that if he is deported, then “the United States would no longer be in a position to facilitate the Defendant’s access to his attorneys at that point.”....

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, who ordered his return after the government illegally sent him to El Salvador in March, said in a July 23 order that the government can’t take him into immigration custody in Tennessee but must restore him to immigration supervision in Baltimore (which he was under prior to his unlawful removal in March), and that if the government commences “third-country removal proceedings” against Abrego, then he and his lawyers need at least three days’ notice so he can contest such a removal.....

In the latter, Abrego’s lawyers recently filed a motion to dismiss his charges on the grounds that the administration singled him out for vengeance after he fought for his lawful return to the U.S., arguing that he was charged “because he refused to acquiesce in the government’s violation of his due process rights,” and that the criminal case “results from the government’s concerted effort to punish him for having the audacity to fight back, rather than accept a brutal injustice.”

Prairie Gates

(6,274 posts)

8. Old enough to remember DHS saying he would never be free in the US again

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 05:52 PM

Aug 22

And a number of trolls on the internet - including, ahem, close to home - agreeing with that.

BumRushDaShow

(160,177 posts)

10. And before that

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #8)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:30 PM

Aug 22

they said "He's never coming back to the U.S." (or words to that effect).

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,809 posts)

9. Here's a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia being released from jail.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:04 PM

Aug 22

Link to tweet

bluestarone

(20,287 posts)

11. Happy to hear this

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 06:36 PM

Aug 22

Scary time for him, and his family, i'm sure.

republianmushroom

(21,375 posts)

14. Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be Deported

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:27 PM

Aug 22

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has received notice that he is to be deported to Uganda on Monday.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220580333

intheflow

(29,708 posts)

15. Yes, and that contradicts Xini's ruling.

Reply to republianmushroom (Reply #14)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:18 AM

Aug 23

They have to give 72 business hours notice before they can deport him. They announced it on Friday, which means the earliest they could deport him would be Wednesday under the ruling. Naturally, they just ignored that fine print and thought 72 hours was 72 hours. This, too, will be stopped - hopefully!

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,809 posts)

16. Welcome back, Kilmar Abrego Garcia! 🙏💪

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 05:24 PM

Aug 23

Link to tweet

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