Judge Blocks ICE from Immediate Removal of Salvadoran Migrant

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis issued a temporary restraining order preventing immigration authorities from immediately deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant, for 72 hours after his release from federal custody in Nashville. The order requires the government to provide written notice of any plans to transport Abrego Garcia to a third country, giving him time to assert claims of credible fear or seek other legal relief. This decision came just minutes before a separate federal judge ruled that Abrego Garcia should be released from criminal custody pending his January trial.