A US immigration judge in Baltimore has turned down an attempt by Kilmar Abrego Garcia to reopen his asylum case, marking the latest development in a years-long legal battle that has drawn national attention.
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national, was first denied asylum in 2019 after immigration officials said he had missed the one-year filing deadline. While the judge at the time ruled he could not be sent back to El Salvador due to gang threats against his family, he was later deported during the Trump administration after conditions in El Salvador changed.
