BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from federal custody in Tennessee
NBC Newsยท2025-08-22 19:54
More breaking news on this Friday afternoon. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who the Trump administration admitted was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, has just been released from federal custody. This is video of him walking out of the detention center in Tennessee where he had been held.Abrego has become one of the faces of President Trump's national immigration crackdown. NBC News legal affairs reporter Gary Grumbach joins me now. So Gary, walk us through how we got here and why was he released today.So ...