Kilmar Abrego Garcia El Salvador deportation.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, has been released from immigration detention, and a judge has temporarily blocked any further efforts to detain him. A big reason for that is because it appears no immigration judge has ever issued a removal order for him. That might have been an oversight, but without the order he can’t be deported. That’s according to the Maryland judge hearing the case. In order to get a removal order, the government will need to reopen Abrego Garcia’s closed immigration case, experts say. That comes with risks for both sides.

A federal judge in Tennessee has warned of possible sanctions against top Trump administration officials if they continue to make inflammatory statements about Kilmar Abrego Garcia that could prejudice his coming trial. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw filed an order late on Monday instructing local prosecutors in Nashville to provide a copy of his opinion to all Justice and Homeland Security department employees. The opinion cites court rules that prohibit public statements about a defendant’s “character, credibility, reputation, or criminal record.” His order specifically includes Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.