The Trump administration has returned a Guatemalan man to the United States after a judge determined he was wrongly deported without due process, and that had to be difficult for the administration since it means it was forced to abide by the Constitution.
The man, cited as O.C.G. in court filings, had no criminal history. After multiple violent attacks against him in his native country of Guatemala, he sought asylum in the U.S, which is legal.
CBS News reports:
An immigration judge found in February 2025 that O.C.G. would face serious harm if he were sent back to Guatemala and ordered a “withholding of removal” that barred deportation back to his home country.
Two days after the immigration judge’s February decision, O.C.G. says he was placed on a bus and removed without due process to Mexico, where his attorneys said he was previously held for ransom and raped during his second attempt to get to the United States. He submitted evidence at his immigration hearing of his experiences in Mexico, and as a result the immigration judge said that O.C.G. could not be removed to a country other than Guatemala without additional due process.
After O.C.G. was sent to Mexico by the United States, Mexican authorities removed him to Guatemala, where he had to remain in hiding until his return, according to court documents.
