Abrego Garcia Freed From Tenn. Jail, Returning to Md.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from Putnam County Jail in Cookeville, Tennessee, and is on his way to reunite with his family in Maryland, his attorney told WZTV.

This comes after a U.S. magistrate judge was expected to grant his release Friday as Abrego Garcia awaits trial on federal human smuggling charges.

“Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free,” Abrego Garcia’s attorney, Sean Hecker, said. “He is presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported, and then imprisoned, all because of the government’s vindictive attack on a man who had the courage to fight back against the Administration’s continuing assault on the rule of law. He is grateful that his access to American courts has provided meaningful due process.”