Salvadoran Abrego Garcia Is Released From US Detention

Kilmar Abrego Garcia (C) departs the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his released from detention in Pennsylvania in Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 12, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesKilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran who prompted a legal showdown over immigration policy over the past several months, has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled on Dec. 11 that the U.S. government did not have the lawful authority to detain him at the immigration detention facility where he was being housed.