US judges order Abrego Garcia release, block immediate deportation / Photo: © POOL/AFP
-
Google ordered to pay Argentine pictured naked in his yard
-
Argentina and Exeter lock Molina joins Western Force
-
US regulators let Skydance acquire Paramount Global
-
US chip maker Intel says revenue rose as it cut ranks
-
Macron says France will recognise State of Palestine
-
Mexico star Hernandez sorry for sexist comments
-
White House lashes out at 'South Park' Trump parody
-
Taiwan's opposition protests ahead of recall vote
-
England's Crawley 'owes' himself more good performances
-
Trump, Fed chief Powell bicker during tense central bank visit
-
France will recognise State of Palestine: Macron
-
Trump tours Fed, ramping up war on central bank
-
Top Justice Dept official meeting Epstein accomplice Maxwell
-
Why are Gazans not getting sorely needed aid?
-
Trump to tour Fed, ramping up war on central bank
-
Crawley and Duckett run riot before India hit back in fourth Test
-
O'Connor climbs to 'brutal' Alpine stage win as Pogacar tightens grip on Tour
-
French anger over toxic chemical piles pressure on Macron
-
Cardoso hoping to make history as first US player at Atletico
-
First half net profit plunges 22% at French luxury group LVMH
-
Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dead at 71
-
O'Connor climbs to 'brutal' Alpine stage win as Pogacar extends Tour lead
-
Arsenal sign Valencia defender Mosquera
-
Hamilton takes matters into his own hands to 'gee up' Ferrari
-
Mirza, Farhan star in Pakistan win but Bangladesh take T20 series
-
French drug baron transferred to new supermax prison
-
Major economies welcome 'milestone' ICJ climate ruling
-
O'Connor climbs to Alpine stage 18 as Pogacar extends Tour lead
-
EU-US trade deals buoy stocks while Tesla plummets
-
Verstappen and Wolff laugh off Sardinia holiday stories
-
Barca's Ter Stegen faces three months out after back surgery
-
American Airlines shares fall on weak forecast
-
Acts of kindness help Athenians cope with heatwave
-
Hungary bans Kneecap performance over 'antisemitic hate speech'
-
Justice Dept to meet Epstein accomplice Maxwell on Thursday
-
Prosecution did not prove case in Canada hockey sex assault trial: judge
-
Horner's exit has no impact on my future plans, Verstappen says
-
England make quick start after dismissing India in fourth Test
-
'Human shield': Niger's ousted president held by junta
-
Notre-Dame gets back St Thomas statue adorning spire base
-
Notorious French singer faces new probe over ex-wife's death
-
India's Pant hits battling fifty as England captain Stokes strikes
-
Trump to tour Fed as war on central bank chief ramps up
-
Farhan's 50 lifts Pakistan to 178-7 in third Bangladesh T20I
-
ICC convicts pair over Central Africa war crimes
-
EU-US trade deal hopes buoy stocks
-
EU turns up pressure with Trump trade deal 'in reach'
-
Atomic Brussels? Support for nuclear power gains ground in EU
-
Isak considers Newcastle exit: report
-
Russian attacks kill 5, including family, in east Ukraine
NYSE - LSE
| SCS | -1.62% | 10.51 | $ | |
| RBGPF | 9.33% | 75 | $ | |
| CMSC | 0% | 22.43 | $ | |
| GSK | 0.52% | 38.23 | $ | |
| AZN | 0.92% | 73.68 | $ | |
| SCU | 0% | 12.72 | $ | |
| RIO | -1.24% | 63.83 | $ | |
| NGG | -0.58% | 72.23 | $ | |
| RYCEF | 1.48% | 13.5 | $ | |
| BTI | 0.48% | 52.62 | $ | |
| VOD | 1.91% | 11.52 | $ | |
| BCE | -0.7% | 24.43 | $ | |
| RELX | 1.15% | 53.71 | $ | |
| CMSD | -0.18% | 22.85 | $ | |
| JRI | -0.46% | 13.15 | $ | |
| BCC | -2.22% | 86.43 | $ | |
| BP | -1.81% | 32.13 | $ |
US judges order Abrego Garcia release, block immediate deportation
A Salvadoran man who was wrongly deported and then returned to the United States to face human smuggling charges should be released pending trial and not be immediately taken into immigration custody, federal judges said Wednesday.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was summarily deported in March along with more than 200 other people to a prison in El Salvador as part of US President Donald Trump's crackdown on migrants.
His case has become a key test of Trump's hardline immigration policies.
Most of those sent to El Salvador were alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which the Trump administration has designated a foreign terrorist organization.
Justice Department lawyers later admitted that Abrego Garcia -- a resident of Maryland who is married to a US citizen -- was wrongly deported due to an "administrative error."
Abrego Garcia had been living in the United States under protected legal status since 2019, when a judge ruled he should not be deported because he could be harmed in his home country.
He was returned to the United States in June and immediately arrested on human smuggling charges in the southern state of Tennessee.
Abrego Garcia's release pending trial has been repeatedly delayed at the request of his lawyers amid fears he would be picked up by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and deported again.
District Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Tennessee ordered Abrego Garcia's release on bail on Wednesday ahead of his January 27 trial date, and a district judge in Maryland simultaneously blocked ICE from immediately taking him into custody.
District Judge Paula Xinis said Abrego Garcia should be brought back to Maryland and ordered the administration to provide at least three days notice before attempting to deport him again.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, criticized the ruling.
"The fact this unhinged judge is trying to tell ICE they can't arrest (Abrego Garcia)... under federal law is LAWLESS AND INSANE," McLaughlin said on X.
It was not immediately clear when Abrego Garcia would be released.
Federal prosecutors have opposed his release and warned that he may be deported once again if he is released from custody.
Abrego Garcia is charged in Nashville, Tennessee, with smuggling undocumented migrants around the United States between 2016 and 2025. He has pleaded not guilty.
R.Buehler--VB