Administration returns improperly deported Guatemalan
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/administration-returns-deported-guatemalan-00388840
The Trump administration has returned a Guatemalan man who was improperly deported to Mexico, obeying a federal judges order that he be brought back to the United States to receive due process.
The man, identified in court papers only as O.C.G., is bound for an immigration detention facility in Arizona, his attorney Trina Realmuto confirmed, while he awaits further immigration proceedings ordered by U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, a Massachusetts-based appointee of President Joe Biden.
The administration signaled last week that it was working to arrange O.C.G.s return. The New York Times first reported that O.C.G. was back in the United States.
Although O.C.G. is a Guatemalan national, an immigration judge in February blocked his deportation there over O.C.G.s fear of persecution in his native country. The Trump administration then abruptly deported him to Mexico.
But in a class action lawsuit, O.C.G. said immigration officials never asked whether he had any similar fear of persecution in Mexico, a country where he says he has been raped and targeted for being gay. As a result, O.C.G. accepted an offer from Mexico to be deported to Guatemala, where he says he has been living in hiding ever since.
NEW: The Trump administration has obeyed a court order to return a Guatemalan man improperly deported to Mexico in Feburary. His lawyer says he's en route to a detention facility in Arizona. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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