Abrego Garcia has an American wife and children and has lived in Maryland for years. Although he was deemed eligible for pretrial release last month, he remained in jail at the request of his attorneys, who feared the Republican administration could try to immediately deport him again if he were freed.

It has been a whirlwind few days for Abrego Garcia, who has spent 5 months in detention, some of it at a notorious prison in his native El Salvador.