US EditionKilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers say he wants to seek asylum in the United States
- Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 30-year-old from El Salvador, was taken into custody by U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore shortly after his release from a jail in Tennessee in 2025.
- Garcia had been denied asylum by a U.S. immigration judge in 2019 due to credible gang-related violence threats, but was granted withholding of removal preventing deportation to El Salvador.
- In March 2025, the Trump administration removed Abrego Garcia to a well-known prison in El Salvador amid accusations of MS-13 gang involvement that he has consistently denied, before bringing him back to the U.S. in June following legal disputes.
- Garcia's lawyers filed a lawsuit in Maryland to fight his deportation to Uganda, arguing the move is punitive and that he has the right to seek asylum and contest deportation to unsafe countries; Judge Paula Xinis barred removal pending an October 6 evidentiary hearing.
- The Justice Department disagrees with the stay on Garcia's removal but will comply; Garcia intends to reopen his immigration case and seek asylum again, which under U.S. law could grant him a green card.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia will seek asylum as he fights deportation to Uganda
Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia will ask an immigration judge to reopen his case and seek asylum, his lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday, as the Trump administration remains restricted from removing the illegal immigrant quickly pending a habeas…
Abrego Garcia renews push for asylum in US, reveals new country willing to accept him
Salvadoran man Kilmar Abrego Garcia is seeking asylum in the U.S., and while the American government is pushing to remove him to Uganda, he has expressed a preference for Costa Rica.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia seeks asylum in US to prevent deportation to Uganda
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has become the face of US President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday. Abrego Garcia, 30, was detained on Monday in Baltimore by US Customs and Immigration Enforcement after leaving a Tennessee jail on Friday. The Trump administration said it intends to deport him to the African country of Uganda. Administration officials …
Kilmar Abrego Garcia seeking asylum in US in latest twist in case
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation made him the face of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the U.S., his lawyer said Wednesday. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said during a hearing that Abrego Garcia has filed a motion to reopen his immigration proceedings and seek asylum in the country. It’s a separate case from his bid to stave off deportation to Uganda, where the government has said it plans to…
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