US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate return of Guatemalan deported

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to facilitate the return of a gay Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there, after officials acknlowledged an error in his case.US District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston issued the order days after the Justice Department notified him that its claim that the man had expressly stated he was not afraid of being sent to Mexico was based on erroneous information.The Justice Department said last week that upon further investigation, officials were unable to identify any Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who had asked the man, identified as “OCG” about fears he had for his safety.Murphy, an appointee of Trump’s Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, called the case a “horror” and said that “while mistakes obviously happen, the events leading up to this decision are troubling.”The ruling marks the latest instance of a judge ordering President Donald Trump’s administration to facilitate the return of a migrant swept up in the Republican’s efforts to carry out mass deportations as part of his hard-line immigration agenda, following a mistake in an individual’s case.In a class action lawsuit filed by OCG and other migrants, the judge had blocked the administration from swiftly deporting people to countries other than their own without first hearing any concerns they had about their safety.“Due process is, in some sense, a binary – one either receives what the Constitution requires, or one does not,” Murphy wrote.“It has been clear that OCG.

did not receive what the Constitution requires.”The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.The government likewise made an error with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to El Salvador in March despite an order protecting him from removal.He remains there, despite a judge ordering th...