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Salvadoran Asylum Seeker Faces Deportation After Denial

10/2/2025

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's asylum claim was denied by an immigration judge on October 2, 2025.
He is a Salvadoran national with an American family and has 30 days to appeal.
He originally immigrated illegally, was arrested in 2019, and asylum was denied.
A mistaken deportation occurred in March; he was returned in June and charged with human smuggling.

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Story summary

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's asylum claim was denied by an immigration judge on October 2, 2025.
He is a Salvadoran national with an American family and has 30 days to appeal.
He originally immigrated illegally, was arrested in 2019, and asylum was denied.
A mistaken deportation occurred in March; he was returned in June and charged with human smuggling.