Wrongly deported migrant Abrego released from criminal custody, Fox News-affiliate reports

News | August 22, 2025
A picture shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador

(Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation in March to his native El Salvador made him a symbol of President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies, was released on Friday from criminal custody in Tennessee, a Fox News-affiliate said, citing a statement from his lawyer. 

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Luc Cohen;)