Kilmar Abrego Garcia files new bid to stay in the US

The Salvadoran man at the center of the most highly publicized case in President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation drive, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is seeking to remain in the United States by renewing his bid for asylum.

Lawyers for Abrego filed a motion reasserting his asylum claim in immigration court Monday afternoon, hours after Abrego was taken into custody following a “check-in” with immigration officials he was ordered to attend.

Abrego’s attorneys revealed the new move publicly in a court filing Tuesday in a federal lawsuit he brought this week seeking to block the Trump administration from deporting him to Uganda, a country his lawyers say he has no ties to and where he could face new dangers...