The judge noted that there is "insufficient evidence" that the Department of Homeland Security has decided to remove Abrego Garcia

A US immigration judge has denied a bid for asylum from Kilmar Abrego Garcia , the Salvadoran man who has become the face of the Trump administration’s war on illegal immigrants.

Philip Taylor, the immigration judge in Baltimore on Wednesday rejected an application by his lawyers to reopen his 2019 immigration case.

In 2019, Abrego Garcia was arrested by immigration agents, but his request for asylum was rejected as he had been in the US for more than a year. But the judge ruled he could not be deported to El Salvador, where he faced danger from a gang that targeted his family.

On Wednesday, Judge Taylor also noted that there is “insufficient evidence” th

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