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Court Orders Trump Administration to Return Colombian Woman Deported to Congo

HeadlineMay 15, 2026

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the Trump administration to return a Colombian woman to the United States after ICE deported her to the Democratic Republic of Congo in April — a country to which she has no ties. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled that Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata had likely been sent to the DRC unlawfully, since Congolese officials refused to accept her on medical grounds. She was sent to the DRC anyway. In February, a federal judge ruled that so-called third-country deportations are unlawful violations of due process, but in March, an appeals court put the ruling on hold while the Trump administration continues legal challenges.

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