Kilmar Abrego Garcia walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday to the cheers of a crowd assembled outside. A federal judge had ordered that immigration officials could not detain him.
Abrego Garcia appeared for the appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, some 14 hours after he was released from detention on a judge’s orders. His lawyers had asked the judge to block authorities from detaining him again and he walked out of the building surrounded by cheering supporters after the appearance, then left without commenting.
