The wrongly-deported man who has become a flashpoint for Donald Trump's aggressive anti-immigration efforts wants to seek asylum in the US, his lawyers have said.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 30, was detained in Baltimore on Monday by US Customs and Immigration Enforcement after he left a jail in Tennessee on Friday.

Mr Trump 's administration has said it intends to deport him to the African country of Uganda.

Administration officials have said he is part of the gang MS-13, an allegation Mr Abrego Garcia denies.

Image: An emotional Kilmar Abrego Garcia appears outside the ICE Baltimore field office on 25 August 2025. Pic: Reuters

The Salvadoran national's lawyers are fighting in court to stop him from being deported, arguing he has the right to express fear of persecution and tor

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