Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in the U.S., hoping to prevent his deportation to Uganda Nation Aug 27, 2025 11:14 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has become the face of President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.

Abrego Garcia, 30, was detained Monday by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement in Baltimore after leaving a Tennessee jail on Friday. The Trump administration said it intends to deport him to the African country of Uganda.

Administration officials have said he’s part of the dangerous MS-13 gang, an allegation Abrego Garcia denies.

The Salvadoran national’s lawyers are fighting the deportation efforts in court, arguing he has the right to express fear

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