Abrego Garcia Asks Court to Delay Deportation Pending New Asylum Hearing

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorneys said his client ‘would face persecution and torture’ in Uganda, where the administration has threatened to deport him.

Surrounded by reporters, Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura enter a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 25, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a judge to open another asylum case for their client after a judge blocked the Trump administration from immediately deporting Abrego Garcia to Uganda.

The Trump administration claims that Abrego Garcia, a 30-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, is a member of the MS-13 gang. Abrego Garcia—who resides in Maryland with his wife, an American citizen—has denied the allegation.