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Washington — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was taken into immigration custody after he was released pending a criminal trial, has asked an immigration judge to reopen his immigration proceedings and is seeking asylum in the United States, his lawyer said during a court hearing Wednesday. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, Abrego Garcia’s attorney, told a federal judge overseeing a legal …

A panel of federal judges on Friday limited President Trump’s effort to close the U.S. asylum system at the southern border, saying his administration can’t unilaterally suspend laws that bar the U.S. from deporting migrants to places where they would face persecution or torture. The ruling centers on a proclamation issued by Mr. Trump just hours after he returned to …