U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered officials to release the 30-year-old undocumented immigrant and longtime Maryland resident in part to ensure he has a fair immigration process after finding that Justice Department attorneys had "misled" the court at a hearing last month. Government lawyers and an ICE witness alleged officers had to deport him to the African nation of Liberia because Costa Rica had reneged on a deal to offer him refuge.
But the judge, citing reporting by The Washington Post and other media outlets, noted that Costa Rica had "never wavered" in its commitment to accept Abrego. He was released from a Pennsylvania detention facility shortly before 5 p.m., his lawyers said.
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