A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador roughly 30 minutes after the court suspended an order to remove him from the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ruling in Jordin Alexander Melgar-Salmeron’<\/a>s case marks at least the fourth time this year that President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has been ordered to facilitate the return of somebody mistakenly deported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The government said \u201ca confluence of administrative errors\u201d led to Melgar-Salmeron\u2019s deportation on May 8, according to the decision by a three-judge panel from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The panel said administration officials must facilitate his return to the U.S. \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a>, whose mistaken deportation<\/a> in March became a flashpoint<\/a> in Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown, was returned from El Salvador this month to face human smuggling<\/a> charges in Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April, a Trump-nominated judge in Maryland ordered his administration<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n