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The ruling in Jordin Alexander Melgar-Salmeron 's case marks at
least the fourth time this year that President Donald Trump's
administration has been ordered to facilitate the return of
somebody mistakenly deported.
The government said “a confluence of administrative errors” led
to Melgar-Salmeron's deportation on May 8, according to the
decision by a three-judge panel from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals.
The panel said administration officials must facilitate his
return to the U.S. “as soon as possible.” The judges gave them a
week to identify his current physical location and custodial
status and to specify what steps they will take to facilitate
his return.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation in March became
a flashpoint in Trump’s immigration crackdown, was returned from
El Salvador this month to face human smuggling charges in
Tennessee.
In April, a Trump-nominated judge in Maryland ordered his
administration to facilitate the return of a man who was
deported to El Salvador in March despite having a pending asylum
application. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher ruled that
the government violated a 2019 settlement agreement when it
deported the 20-year-old man, a Venezuelan native identified
only as Cristian in court papers.
And in May, another judge ordered the administration to
facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man whom it deported to
Mexico despite his fears of being harmed there. U.S. District
Judge Brian Murphy found that the removal of the man, who is
gay, likely “lacked any semblance of due process.”
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