Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Facilitate Return of Deported Guatemalan Asylum Seeker

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Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Facilitate Return of Deported Guatemalan Asylum Seeker

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Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Facilitate Return of Deported Guatemalan Asylum Seeker

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico.
The man, known as O.C.G., is gay and fears persecution in Guatemala.
Judge Murphy criticized the government's handling of O.C.G.'s deportation, citing a lack of due process.
This ruling follows other recent judicial rebukes against Trump-era deportation practices.
O.C.G. now lives in hiding in Guatemala after being wrongly sent there from Mexico.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man identified as O.C.G., who was unlawfully deported to Mexico despite his fears of persecution and having previously sought asylum in the U.S. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy found that O.C.G.'s deportation "lacked any semblance of due process," stating that his transfer from the U.S. to Mexico was executed without proper legal protocol and occurred soon after he voiced concerns about returning to either country, including evidence of past violence (rape and kidnapping) he had faced in Mexico and Guatemala, according to The New York Times, India Times, CBS News, Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, NPR, and AA.

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