Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the man President Donald Trump’s administration mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, is formally seeking asylum in the United States.
Abrego Garcia’s lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, told an immigration judge Wednesday that he filed the request on Tuesday to re-open his client’s immigration proceedings, as the Salvadoran immigrant attempts to stave off his second deportation this year.
During a Wednesday hearing, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also extended her temporary restraining order on Abrego Garcia’s removal until early October, when an evidentiary hearing would be scheduled. She said a decision would be released within 30 days of the hearing.