Officials admit ‘inadvertent removal’ after court ruled Britania Uriostegui Rios should not be sent to Mexico.
Officials acknowledged in a court filing that Britania Uriostegui Rios, a transgender woman, was deported to Mexico in violation of a March court order, which ruled that she was likely to face torture if she returned there.
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Britanna was offered readmission by Homeland Security if she could make it back to the border and if she agreed to be put back into immigration detention. Britania, who has a lengthy criminal record, has sued Noem to be allowed to remain in the United States and out of detention.

