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Judge Orders Return of Wrongfully Deported Gay Asylum Seeker

5/24/2025

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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must bring back O.C.G., a gay Guatemalan man wrongfully deported to Mexico. Judge Brian Murphy condemned the government's mishandling of O.C.G.'s asylum claims, highlighting the man's desperate escape from death threats in Guatemala in 2024, leaving him in constant fear while living in hiding.

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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must bring back O.C.G., a gay Guatemalan man wrongfully deported to Mexico. Judge Brian Murphy condemned the government's mishandling of O.C.G.'s asylum claims, highlighting the man's desperate escape from death threats in Guatemala in 2024, leaving him in constant fear while living in hiding.