Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Facilitate Return of Guatemalan Man Deported to Mexico

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Trump administration must seek return of third man who was improperly deported, judge rules

The ruling marks the third time that courts have ordered the administration to try to bring back deportees who were found to have been improperly or illegally deported. So far, however, the administration has not cooperated in returning the immigrants to the U.S. so they can receive the due process that, according to the courts, is legally required. Friday’s ruling from U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy concerns a Guatemala native, identified in court papers only as O.C.G., who claims he had been raped and targeted for being gay during a previous stint in Mexico. His lawyers say he was not given a chance to assert those fears when the Trump administration put him on a bus in February and delivered him across the border. Mexican authorities then deported him to Guatemala, where he has also faced threats of persecution and violence.

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Judge orders Trump administration to pursue return of improperly deported Guatemalan man

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a third improperly deported man late Friday, saying his removal likely “lacked any semblance of due process.” The administration removed the Guatemalan man, identified as O.C.G. in court filings, to Mexico despite his fear of persecution after being held for ransom and raped there. Initially, the Justice Department told the court that the man had affirmatively stated to authorities he had no fear of being sent to Mexico, only to retract the claim as an “error” last week. “No one has ever suggested that O.C.G. poses any sort of security threat,” U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy wrote in his 14-page ruling.

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US judge orders Trump administration to facilitate return of Guatemalan deported

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.”

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The man, who is gay, was protected from being returned to his home country. But the U.S. put him on a bus and sent him to Mexico instead. Mexico has since returned him to Guatemala, where he is in hiding, court documents say. He presented evidence of being raped and held for ransom there while seeking asylum.
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Judge Brian Murphy criticized the government for errors in the case. He said the man, who feared persecution if he was deported, was likely to show “his removal lacked any semblance of due process.” The man, known by the initials O.C.G., is gay and is now living in hiding in Guatemala.
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The man, known in court documents as O.C.G., said he fled after facing violence and persecution for his sexuality. He is now living in hiding in Guatemala, avoiding going out or being seen with family. “I can’t be gay here, which means I cannot be myself. I cannot express myself and I am not free,” he said.
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The man, identified as “O.C.G,” sought asylum in the United States in 2024, after “suffering multiple violent attacks” in Guatemala. On his way to the US, he was raped and held for ransom in Mexico –– a detail he made known to an immigration judge before the judge ruled he should not be sent back.
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Trump administration must seek return of third man who was improperly deported, judge rules
The man claims he was raped and targeted for being gay during a previous stint in Mexico. He was not given a chance to assert those fears when the Trump administration delivered him across the border. Mexican authorities then deported him to Guatemala, where he has also faced threats of persecution and violence.
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