A U.S. immigration judge on Wednesday rejected a last-ditch bid for asylum from Kilmar Abrego Garcia , leaving intact a final order of removal against the accused MS-13 gang member whose case has drawn national attention.

The ruling came Wednesday in a Baltimore immigration court, where Regional Deputy Chief Immigration Judge Philip Taylor denied a motion from Abrego Garcia’s attorneys to reopen his case. Taylor wrote that their filing was “untimely,” as it arrived nearly six years after litigation over Abrego Garcia’s illegal entry into the United States began, far past the 90-day deadline.

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