Judge denies motion to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, sets hearing on release [View all]

Right here in my Hometown. Nashville, TN.

A federal magistrate judge in Tennessee has denied the government's motion to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man illegally deported to El Salvador in March, while the criminal charges against him are pending in federal court in Nashville.

A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, June 25 in Nashville.
Abrego Garcia, 29, of Maryland, is accused of conspiracy to transport aliens and unlawful transportation of undocumented aliens.

The court "will give (Abrego Garcia) the due process that he is guaranteed," U.S. Magistrate Barbara D. Holmes wrote in her June 22 decision.

In a 51-page ruling, Holmes said the federal government “failed to meet its burden of showing a properly supported basis for detention a properly supported basis for detention on grounds that (Abrego Garcia) poses an irremediable danger to the community or is likely not to appear.”

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2025/06/22/kilmar-abrego-garcia-judge-denies-motion-to-detain-sets-hearing-on-release/84114012007/