ICE detention looms as judge urges DOJ and DHS to coordinate in Abrego Garcia case

Published June 25, 2025 6:21pm ET



A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador whose case has become a political flashpoint for deportation efforts by the Trump administration.

However, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could soon make efforts to detain him and may move to deport him for a second time, even as federal prosecutors are still seeking to bring him to criminal trial for human smuggling.

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