Trump administration agrees to return 'wrongfully' deported immigrant for first time after battling court orders
Source: The Independent
Wednesday 28 May 2025 20:28 EDT
For what appears to be the first time, Donald Trump’s administration will “facilitate” the return of a “wrongfully” deported immigrant following a court order. A gay Guatemalan man referred to as “O.C.G” in court documents says he survived sexual violence and kidnapping in Mexico on his way to the southern border last year.
But federal immigration authorities failed to screen him for a credible fear assessment before deporting him back to the same country where he was raped and held for ransom. Last week, District Judge Brian Murphy ordered the administration to “facilitate” his return — echoing court orders in two other high-profile immigration cases involving “wrongfully” deported immigrants.
“In general, this case presents no special facts or legal circumstances, only the banal horror of a man being wrongfully loaded onto a bus and sent back to a country where he was allegedly just raped and kidnapped,” Murphy wrote. On Wednesday, lawyers for the Department of Justice said Homeland Security officials are preparing to return him to the United States — and potentially release him from custody for humanitarian reasons.
A flight crew in Phoenix is working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air division to put him on a charter flight, according to court filings. Murphy’s ruling marks at least the third time that the Trump administration has been ordered to return a wrongly deported immigrant.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-guatemala-mexico-deported-b2759655.html
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