A federal judge has previously blocked Abrego Garcia deportation as Trump officials plan a second removal, this time to East African nation Uganda.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation made him the face of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the U.S., his lawyer said Wednesday. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said during a hearing that Abrego Garcia has filed a motion to reopen his immigration proceedings and seek asylum in the country.

A lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he has asked a judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States.

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,

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from custody in Tennesee and is set to return to his home in Maryland, but his legal proceedings are far from over.