US EditionWhat to Know Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Asylum Claim. Experts Say It’s a Smart but Risky Legal Move
Kilmar Abrego Garcia seeks asylum to prevent deportation amid allegations he faces torture and persecution in El Salvador's CECOT prison, with legal risks and government appeals ongoing.
- On Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, Kilmar Abrego Garcia filed an asylum request after returning to the U.S. following a U.S. Supreme Court order and appearing at an ICE field office in Baltimore; his legal team pursues immigration proceedings and a federal lawsuit.
- He fled to Maryland around 2011 and previously applied for asylum in 2019 after an immigration judge found credible threats from a local gang that extorted his family, though U.S. officials accused him of MS-13 membership and deported him.
- If he wins asylum, he could gain a green card and a path to citizenship, but a loss could place him back inside Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador amid allegations of beatings and psychological torture.
- The asylum petition will be heard in the U.S. immigration court system, and Andrew Rankin warned `Even if he does manage to win asylum, the government is going to appeal`.
- His lawyers will argue that Abrego Garcia can request asylum now since he's been in the U.S. less than a year after wrongful deportation, but the administration may attempt repeated removals, including to Uganda.
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Since March, President Donald Trump’s administration has taken Kilmar Abrego García, a Salvadoran who lived in Maryland with his family, as an example. The man, who is now 30 years old, was deported to an infamous maximum security prison in El Salvador and since then transferred to Tennessee and then back to Maryland. Now he faces the threat of being deported again, but this time to Uganda. But, how did he start this case? Let’s look at it. Marc…
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia ’s request for asylum in the United States is a prudent legal strategy, experts say, because it gives his lawyers better options for fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him. But it’s also a gamble. Depending on how the courts rule, Abrego Garcia could end up back inside the notorious El Salvador prison where he claims he was beaten and psychologically tortured. “It’s a strategic move,” Memphis-based immigra…
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What to know about Abrego Garcia’s asylum claim. Experts say it’s a smart but risky legal move
Kilmar Abrego Garcia ’s request for asylum in the United States is a prudent legal strategy, experts say, because it gives his lawyers better options for fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him.
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