Washington — An immigration judge in Maryland declined to reopen the immigration case involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported to his home country earlier this year and then brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges, according to court filings.

Abrego Garcia's lawyers had asked an immigration judge in August to reopen the proceedings and allow him to seek asylum in the United States. While the bid was denied, Abrego Garcia can appeal the decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

In a court filing in one of Abrego Garcia's cases in Maryland, his lawyers said that immigration judge Philip Taylor determined that there is "insufficient evidence that the Department of Homeland Security 'has presented [Abrego Garcia] with a formal notice of

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