Calling it a “new low” in activist judges obstructing federal law enforcement, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem slammed Friday’s ruling that set free Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant the federal government alleges is an MS-13 gang member, walked out of a jail in Tennessee while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges. 

U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes issued a release order for Abrego Garcia earlier Friday, requiring Abrego Garcia to travel directly to Maryland, where he will be in home detention with his brother designated as his custodian. He is required to submit to electronic monitoring and can only leave the home for work, religious services and other approved activities.

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