Overview

• Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia on his own recognizance after a June 25 hearing on release terms.
• The court imposed home detention, restricted travel to Tennessee for court matters, and mandatory anger management counseling.
• Abrego Garcia, a Maryland legal permanent resident deported in March by the Trump administration, has pleaded not guilty to two federal human smuggling felonies.
• The Justice Department warned that his release could lead to deportation and irreparable harm to the prosecution’s case, a claim the judge rejected.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to take him into custody for separate deportation proceedings once he exits federal criminal custody.