Overview

• U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes ordered Ábrego García’s immediate release from federal custody in Tennessee so he can rejoin his family in Maryland.
• He remains indicted in Nashville for conspiracy to transport undocumented persons for profit, has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is currently set for January.
• U.S. officials acknowledged his March deportation to El Salvador as an administrative error that ran afoul of a 2019 protection order; courts forced his return in June.
• Separate rulings by Judges Waverly Crenshaw and Paula Xinis have limited immediate removal and require 72 hours’ notice before any attempt to deport him to a third country.
• Defense attorneys have moved to dismiss the case, alleging the prosecution is retaliation for his challenge to the unlawful deportation.