Maryland Judge Paula Xinis on Thursday granted Kilmar Abrego Garcia's request to be released from ICE custody.

A ‌federal ​judge on Friday blocked ‌an effort to have Kilmar Abrego returned ​to custody a day after his release from detention.

The judge’s decision to free Abrego marked the latest major development in a saga that began in March when Abrego was wrongfully deported to a prison in his native El Salvador and then brought back to...