Martin Kosti

Abrego-Garcia had been ordered to check in at the ICE field office in Baltimore, and his lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moschenberg, told a crowd of supporters that there was concern he wouldn't come back out.

A federal judge ordered ICE not to detain him while a legal motion is pending.

Earlier this year, the administration deported him wrongfully to a prison in his native El Salvador.

Obriga Garcia originally entered the U.S.

illegally, but is shielded from being sent to El Salvador.

He also faces criminal charges for human smuggling.

Martin Kosti, NPR News.