A New York federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the return of an immigrant it ruled the Trump administration wrongly deported, the fourth such case since January.
The court ruled 31-year-old Jordin Alexander Melgar-Salmeron should be returned “as soon as possible.” Melgar-Salmeron, who was in the country illegally but has lived and worked in Virginia for the last five years, was deported to El Salvador on May 7, just 30 minutes after a court had barred his removal until his case was determined.
Last month, Justice Department officials said Melgar-Salmeron’s deportation was the result of a “perfect storm of errors,” including an inaccurate roster of passengers on the May 7 deportation flight.