ICE Enforcement and Detention

A federal judge, Paula Xinis, found there was no final removal order authorizing Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation and ordered his release from ICE custody at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center while issuing a temporary restraining order preventing ICE from re‑detaining him without a hearing, saying the government had “affirmatively misled the tribunal.” The ruling — which noted officials had proposed deporting him to various African countries despite his willingness to depart to Costa Rica and follows his earlier mistaken deportation to El Salvador and return after Supreme Court involvement — leaves him free under conditions tied to separate Tennessee human‑smuggling charges while the Justice Department plans to appeal.