Kilmar Abrego Garcia vowed to “fight” against the Trump administration on Friday, one day after a federal judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release him from custody.
The once-detained Salvadoran national appeared outside an ICE field office in Baltimore, Maryland, where he urged supporters to stand strong and keep fighting alongside him. Shortly after, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis prohibited ICE from again detaining him until a hearing about a temporary restraining order.
“For the public to have any faith in the orderly administration of justice, the Court’s narrowly crafted remedy cannot be so quickly and easily upended without further briefing and consideration,” Xinis wrote Friday.
“I stand here today with my head held high, and I will continue to fight and stand firm against all of the injustices this government has done upon me,” he said outside the courthouse ahead of a scheduled appointment. “Regardless of this administration, I believe this is a country of laws, and I believe that this injustice will come to an end.”
“I stand before you a free man, and I want you to remember me this way, with my head held up high,” he said earlier in the speech. “I come here today with so much hope, and I thank God who has been with me since the start with my family.”
Abrego Garcia was joined by faith leaders at his first public appearance since his release.
