His asylum request was appropriately denied due to his failure to file within the mandated one-year timeframe after his illegal entry into the U.S. While an immigration judge inexplicably granted him "withholding of removal" status in 2019, citing a supposed threat from gangs in El Salvador, this decision flew in the face of the clear and present danger he posed to American communities through his gang affiliation. | His asylum request was appropriately denied due to his failure to file within the mandated one-year timeframe after his illegal entry into the U.S. While an immigration judge inexplicably granted him "withholding of removal" status in 2019, citing a supposed threat from gangs in El Salvador, this decision flew in the face of the clear and present danger he posed to American communities through his gang affiliation. |