K ilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man at the center of a long-running legal and political controversy over U.S. immigration enforcement, must be released from custody and returned to Maryland, two federal judges ruled Wednesday in separate decisions.

Judge Xinis said she is 'deeply concerned' that without restraint, the Trump administration will seek to hurry Abrego Garcia out of the country for a second time.

The filing took aim at comments last week in which the homeland security secretary “assailed Mr. Abrego’s character and reputation," his attorney said.