Judge Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Release From ICE Detention NYT | Top Stories By: Alan Feuer 11 December 2025 at 23:56 The judge said it was “troubling” that the Trump administration had kept Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in custody for nearly four months without following through on its pledge to re-expel him. © Tierney L. Cross/The New York TimesKilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at a vigil in Baltimore on Aug. 25. He was detained again later that day and has been in custody since.